By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies
a. became greater than in all of Europe.
b. had increased to the point of overpopulation.
c. had begun to decline from seventeenth-century levels.
d. remained tiny compared with the number in England.
e. was about one-third of the population.
d
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Why did one observer claim that "sex o'clock had struck" during this period?
A) Cases of sexually transmitted diseases had decreased. B) Sexual behavior and mores were quickly changing. C) Eighteenth-century views on sexuality saw a revival. D) The proportion of brides who were pregnant at marriage decreased.
How did the Dutch try to attract settlers to the New Netherland colony?
a. They offered settlers the protection of a feudal lord. b. They guaranteed that only members of the Dutch Reformed Church would be permitted to settle. c. They offered a tract of land to any free man who would farm it. d. The Dutch West Indies Company was powerful enough to guarantee prosperity.
The Ethiopian Christian dynasty which experienced a long-lasting conflict with African Muslims was the
A. Solomonid. B. Coptic. C. Zagwe. D. Adal. E. Gamal.
Great Britain avoided the common problem of revolution in the nineteenth century by a. issuing a constitution b. increasing the number of male voters c. annexing India
d. forming the Labour Party e. allowing Socialism to be legal.