The pretext for General Andrew Jackson´s 1818 military raid into Florida was that
a. Spanish landowners were plotting to attack Georgia.
b. fugitive slaves and hostile Seminole Indians were using the territory as a refuge.
c. Spanish pirates based in St. Augustine were harassing American merchant ships.
d. the defeated Napoleon was going to be secretly exiled there.
e. the British were building a secret chain of forts there.
b
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According to abolitionists, slavery was all of the following EXCEPT
A) a violation of human rights. B) unconstitutional. C) a sin. D) economically counterproductive.
Which of these gained independence from Spain in the 1570s?
A) Holland B) England C) France D) Germany
How did Britain’s participation in the Atlantic slave trade evolve from 1640 to the 1730s?
What will be an ideal response?
Mayan rulers avoided chaotic transitions of power from one ruler to another through which of the following?
A. The Maya practiced primogeniture, thus preventing siblings from contesting one another for the throne. B. Mayan rulers were determined through a lengthy series of religious rituals, thus giving the rulers the blessings of the gods. C. Mayan rulers chose their successors when they came to power and made their choices known to the greater public. D. Mayan rulers were elected by a class of wealthy aristocrats.