After Peter Minuit negotiated the lease of the island of Manhattan in 1626
a. English settlers quickly began to challenge the Dutch claim on the island.
b. Dutch settlers began to arrive in droves.
c. colonists quickly began to lose sight of the beaver trade upstream
d. only the comprehensive business plan of the Dutch West India Company began to bring about agricultural development on the island and upstream.
D
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The whipping of slaves was
a. regulated by law. b. a common form of punishment. c. reserved for runaways and thieves. d. unheard of outside of the deep South. e. banned after 1848.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Hundred Years? War for France?
A) national consciousness B) a stronger Estates-General C) consolidation of royal power D) reduction of the noble families? power E) subject-sovereign relationship to replace feudal ties
As illustrated in the 1889 cartoon The Rising of the Usurpers and the Sinking of the Liberties of the People, why did Thomas Nast believe that trusts were a threat to democracy and equality?
A) Pro-business legislators did little to slow the growth of big business. B) Labor unions were weakened because strikes were seen as restraints of trade. C) Corporate powers demanded long hours and dangerous work from industrial workers. D) Wealthy executives used trusts to monopolize the necessities of life.
In 1534, _______________ a French explorer, claimed portions of Canada for France.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).