What was the military advantage of privateers like the Sea Beggars opening Dutch dikes and flooding coastal plains?
a) It allowed them to protect Dutch cities and sail within cannon range of Spanish armies.
b) It ruined Dutch crops, forcing the Dutch to surrender.
Consider This: How did the Sea Beggars know how to open the dikes? See 2.5: Narrative: Shooters and Painters.
c) It provided them safe harbor during North Atlantic winter storms.
Consider This: How did the Sea Beggars know how to open the dikes? See 2.5: Narrative: Shooters and Painters.
d) It prevented ships from grounding in shallow Dutch seas.
Consider This: How did the Sea Beggars know how to open the dikes? See 2.5: Narrative: Shooters and Painters.
a) It allowed them to protect Dutch cities and sail within cannon range of Spanish armies.
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A) aircraft and electronic industries were stimulated. B) half the federal budget went to the armed forces. C) most citizens protested the huge expenditures. D) business-government ties grew stronger.
The main impulse for the revivalist movement known as the “Great Awakening” of the 1730s and 1740s was:
a. The imposition of Catholic doctrine on Anglican churches in Massachusetts and Virginia. b. A sudden upsurge in accusations and prosecutions for witchcraft in the colonies. c. The discovery of new documents that proved that Jesus had visited North America. d. The tour of the Methodist preachers John and Charles Wesley through Georgia.
________ differences heightened sectional tensions between the seaboard's established communities and the frontiers.
A. Racial B. Economic C. Ethnic D. Gender
Northerners finally succeeded in passing a greatly increased tariff by
a. promising to support southern efforts to increase cotton exports. b. threatening to cut off funding for projects in other parts of the country. c. cutting internal taxes. d. making deals with western Congressmen.