The value of higher education in the colonies was shown by the establishment of nine colleges before 1770 . Like Harvard, which came first, these colleges turned out men with:
a. practical educations, focusing mainly on the skilled vocations
b. liberal educations who became clergymen, doctors, or attorneys
c. liberal educations and a distrust of theology
d. conservative educations, and most later opposed independence
B
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Which of the following was a consequence of the increasing wealth of European states?
A) A growing division arose between monarchs and merchants. B) An expanding diet led to a decrease in European tooth decay. C) European states grew rich enough to wage almost unceasing wars against one another. D) A belief that European states should open up their colonial markets to trade with their European rivals
By the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia received
A) Brandenburg. B) Austria. C) Silesia. D) Bohemia. E) Saxony.
After selection for the service, an Incan female would generally spend _____________ years within the ‘Houses of Chosen Women'.
a. Two. b. Ten. c. Four. d. Forty.
As the 19th century unfolded, Southern states passed which of the following laws to try to gain more control over slavery and blacks:
A. forcing whites to join posses to catch runaway slaves. B. laws forbidding slaves from testifying in courts. C. prohibiting manumission of slaves. D. not allowing slaves to purchase their freedom. E. All of the above