The success of Christianity is widely believed by historians to have been due to its
a. promise of salvation, its familiarity, and its universality.
b. complexity of initiation and its ability to satisfy people's desire to be part of a political community.
c. acceptance by Diocletian.
d. strong following among aristocratic Romans after 75 C.E.
e. anti-Semitism.
a
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English officials believed that the establishment of colonies in the New World would help maintain order in England by a. providing new markets for English goods among Native Americans. b. providing an outlet for what the officials perceived to be England's excess population. c. diverting the attention of the English people from domestic problems to the task of converting the Indians
toChristianity. d. increasing England's supply of gold and silver, thereby bringing inflation under control.
What nineteenth-century politician and orator became famous for his "cross of gold" speech in which he said, "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold"?
A) ?William McKinley B) ?William Jennings Bryan C) ?William Seward D) ?William Howard Taft
The Loyalists were concentrated in _________
A) remote mountainous areas B) the Chesapeake colonies C) the northernmost colonies D) urban areas E) the southernmost colonies
Who were the winners and losers of the wars of the 1760s and 1770s?
What will be an ideal response?