Which of the following is NOT a possible reason given by historians as to why colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians during the Boston Tea Party?

A) The attire distinguished protesters from others.
B) The attire highlighted the unity among colonists.
C) Native Americans symbolized both savagery and radical democracy.
D) The colonists hoped the attire would lead the British into war with the Mohawks.
E) It was as far from British civilization as colonists could get, symbolically.


D

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A) Few ancient paintings had survived for Renaissance artists to study. B) Most surviving classical paintings were in Ottoman territory, inaccessible to Western artists. C) Catholic Church leaders banned the study of classical paintings. D) Renaissance artists did little painting, concentrating on sculpture. E) Artists were repelled by the nudity of classical painting.

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A) a newfound respect for female writers not present since antiquity. B) a renewed zealousness against heresy. C) bringing romance to nobility, clergy, and lay people alike through her "lays." D) The Book of the Duke of True Lovers. E) the Canterbury Tales.

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