All of the following states enacted gradual emancipation laws in the aftermath of the American Revolution EXCEPT
a. New York.
b. New Jersey.
c. Pennsylvania.
d. Delaware.
d. Delaware.
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The government of choice for the philosophes was
A) democracy. B) theocracy. C) constitutional monarchy. D) absolute monarchy. E) no organized government.
Highly influential in America, the Enlightenment:
A) stressed man's connection to God as the highest achievement by humans. B) prioritized the ability to reason as the highest form of human attainment. C) reinforced belief in the unquestioned primacy of rulers. D) led to the argument that humans' time on earth was an interlude on their journey toward salvation. E) led to the belief that human beings have only a limited capacity to change their social circumstances.
U.S. counter-narcotics aid to Colombia was used instead to
A) expand the cultivation of coca and modernize its production and distribution networks. B) finance programs aimed at promoting the democratization of the Colombian army. C) strengthen a Colombian army that had abused human rights. D) pay bribes to high ranking military officers in exchange for their protection of the drug trade.
The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean
A. had a smaller percentage of slaves than that held by the North American colonies. B. were forced to deal with larger native populations than settlements on the mainland. C. developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco. D. developed their settlements along the same lines as those of the Chesapeake. E. concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.