Settlers to Virginia in the seventeenth century
A) were about equally proportioned between male and female.
B) usually came as bonded contract laborers.
C) usually migrated in stable family units.
D) lost their political rights under English common law.
B
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Why were the Portuguese unable to coerce West and Central African states in the 1400s into accepting a subjugated economic and political relationship?
What political, military, and economic advantages did these Western and Central African states possess that enabled them to resist the efforts at political conquest and economic subjugation by the Portuguese? What alternative approach to a military-based colonial conquest did the Portuguese implement when it became clear that political conquest would be untenable?
When the United States entered World War I, black Americans were:
A) united in their resistance to the conflict. B) united in their support of Wilson and his war policies. C) accepted by the US military as an integral part of the armed forces. D) divided as to whether to support the war or oppose sending black soldiers overseas.
How was Pope Urban II's call for Franks to fight in the crusade consistent with the objectives of the Truce of God and the Peace of God?
A) These movements were aimed at pacifying European nations, and the crusade was a campaign against foreigners. B) The crusade gave warriors, who were otherwise prone to brawling, something constructive to do. C) The crusades were planned to take place at times of the year when there were few religious holidays. D) Crusaders were careful not to attack clergy, women, and noncombatant peasants. E) The knights were only permitted to use weapons that shed no blood.
The new cavalry warriors were called
A) "feudum" due to their place in feudal society. B) "knights" due to their service to the church. C) "knights" after the Germanic word for servant. D) "lords" of the manors they oversaw. E) feudal cavalrymen.