With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1618, Virginia tobacco planters
a. had established the first democracy in the Americas.
b. effectively turned a business enterprise into a colonial society.
c. established a governing council for European-Indian relations.
d. created their own mechanism for customs enforcement.
B
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A. clergy B. laity C. men D. women
The economic crisis of 1873 began with __________.
A. crop failures B. rising wages C. wartime shortages D. bank failures
During the Gettysburg Address, what document did Abraham Lincoln reference that reflected the central concept of what the war was about?
a. The US Constitution b. The Bible c. The Declaration of Independence d. The Articles of Confederation
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a. The number of families owning slaves increased. b. Industrial development stagnated because capital was tied up in land and labor. c. The Border States saw an increase in free labor and a decrease in slave labor. d. Slave labor was becoming concentrated in the Lower South. e. Economic opportunities for non-slave holding whites were limited in the agrarian South.