Which country was the first to declare independence from its colonial power?
a. Haiti
b. The United States
c. Brazil
d. Mexico
Ans: b. The United States
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Colonial involvement in imperial wars began with __________
a. the French and Indian War b. King William's War c. King Philip's War d. the Thirty Years' War e. Queen Anne's War
What did the situations of Tuscarora and Yamasee Indians in North Carolina during the early eighteenth century demonstrate?
A) English settlers should have been able to use Native Americans instead of black slaves for rice and tobacco cultivation. B) Native American resistance would not significantly hinder white expansion in the Carolinas. C) Plantation agriculture provided ideal conditions for Indians. D) Native American tribes could resist white expansion by remaining unified. E) The British Parliament was too quick to send troops when it thought that English settlers were in danger.
Eli Whitney's 1793 invention of the cotton gin is significant because:
A) It breathed new life into slavery by making cotton production simpler. B) It was essential to establishing textile mills in America. C) It was the first invention to receive a patent from the new US government. D) It made him rich and served as an example to other Americans and the world that the American experiment in democracy worked. E) All of these choices
In Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court
a. upheld the principle of state regulation of railroad rates. b. outlawed the practice of railroad regulation. c. declared state regulation of railroads to be unconstitutional. d. upheld ownership and management of the railroads by the federal government.