What was the most important responsibility facing the Second Continental Congress?
A) to convince the colonists of the necessity for war
B) to win loyalty from the Indians
C) to organize the colonies for war
D) to find a strong political leader for the nation
E) to draft the Declaration of Independence
Answer: C
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A. accepted Mexican citizens into the U.S. armed forces. B. admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time. C. eliminated the tariff on goods produced in Mexico. D. increased the number of Mexican immigrants the United States would accept as new citizens. E. allowed U.S. businesses to establish war production factories in Mexico.
Did the fear of nuclear annihilation and the incredible cost of the United States' military buildup of the 1980s help to make the Cold War too ghastly to contemplate and, simultaneously, too expensive for either side to continue? Give evidence in support of your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Which statement about British colonial policy of mercantilism is most accurate?
a. Raw materials from the colonies were shipped to England. b. England encouraged the colonies to seek independence c. The colonies were required to send manufactured goods to Europe d. The British opposed the use of slave labor in the colonies.
Which of the following is NOT true of early seventeenth-century Virginia?
A) Some blacks owned land and servants. B) The first-arriving persons of African heritage were sold as slaves. C) Blacks faced a deteriorating legal status. D) English law did not recognize human slavery.