Which of the following events was a local act of resistance in Rhode Island against the royal control of the colonies?
A) The Gaspée incident
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) The Battle of Concord
D) The Battle of Bunker Hill
E) The Boston Massacre
A
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An Esquire magazine article in 1954 asserted that
A) women deserved the advantages given to men. B) working wives were a "menace." C) women should continue working in military plants. D) lower-class women could attain middle-class affluence.
In Mexico
a. the fascistic PRI seized power in 1926. b. a thirty-year search for commercially successful oil fields ended in failure in 1935. c. the Cárdenas government nationalized the foreign oil companies' holdings and provided millions of acres of land to landless peasants. d. Diego Rivera invented the transistor in 1936. e. a devastating famine killed one-quarter of the population between 1933 and 1936.
Which new British policy sparked the earliest forms of colonial resistance that would ultimately lead to the American Revolution?
a. Removing British troops from American soil b. Drafting colonists into the British army c. Forcing colonial assemblies to raise taxes d. Compelling American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire e. Cutting off subsidies to American products like tobacco
In 1999, nearing the end of his presidency, Bill Clinton
A. both saw his personal popularity higher than when he took office, and faced another crisis in the Balkans. B. faced another crisis in the Balkans. C. All these answers are correct. D. had endured many scandals and setbacks throughout his administration. E. saw his personal popularity higher than when he took office.