Who were the winners, and who were the losers in the "Great War for Empire"?
What will be an ideal response?
On the surface, the English were the obvious winners, and the French were the obvious losers. But better students will point out that Indians were also losers, lacking the ability to play one colonial power against the other. Students may argue that the British came out of the war with a huge debt and that the colonies were less inclined to follow their lead, now that the French threat was gone. In a sense, the only winners were the British colonists.
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What major undertaking did Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler agree to in 1939?
a) a “Treaty of Non-aggression” between Germany and the USSR b) a joint plan to develop the German and Soviet navies in the Baltic Sea Consider This: They secretly agreed to divide Poland between them. See 13.1: Hitler’s War. c) a plan to have universities in Germany and the USSR collaborate on rocket technology Consider This: They secretly agreed to divide Poland between them. See 13.1: Hitler’s War. d) a joint denunciation of the U.S. support of English war preparations as “premature” Consider This: They secretly agreed to divide Poland between them. See 13.1: Hitler’s War.
Which of the following was the largest Spanish colony by the end of the eighteenth century?
A. Argentina B. Cuba C. New Mexico D. Puerto Rico
By the 1620s, _________________ was the hub of European commerce
A) ?Amsterdam B) ?Granada C) ?Paris D) ?London E) ?Lisbon
At the end of the Civil War, what communications system did the railroads use to coordinate their complex flow of rail cars?
A) The telephone
B) The Pony Express
C) The magnetic telegraph
D) The internet
E) Text-messaging