The Sea Dogs were English pirates who raided French treasure ships coming from America
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
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What was the primary reason joint-stock companies failed in Virginia and Maine?
A. The English government taxed their profits at exorbitant rates. B. The colonies did not provide enough of a profit. C. The colonists did not ask for enough investment in infrastructure. D. The English government demanded control over the operations of the companies.
Amidst the Nazi crimes of World War II, the Holocaust was unique because it
a. was based on racial doctrines and Social Darwinism. b. produced tremendous suffering. c. was done with impunity, in a business-like manner. d. aimed at killing every last member of a given people. e. aimed at creating a more racially pure Europe.
What did Catherine de Médicis tell the king to convince him to execute the Protestant leaders in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
A. Catherine told the king that the Guise family had plotted to kill him and take the throne for themselves. B. Catherine told the king that a Protestant coup was afoot, and that he must save the crown from an attack on Paris. C. Catherine told the king that she had been plotting an assassination of Coligny. D. Catherine told the king that the Huguenots had already massacred thousands of peasants. E. Catherine told the king that Coligny had been treasonous in his associations with the Huguenots.
In today’s United States, the Federal Reserve determines the amount of paper money to be issued.
a. true b. false