What prompted the independence movement in Haiti?
A) slaves' desire for equality
B) rise of the middle class
C) conflict over tax policies
D) support for the French Revolution
E) incitement by the United States
Answer: D
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In Calvinist theology, the "converted" were expected
a. become missionaries and try to convert others. b. participate in crusades against the Catholic Church. c. withdraw from political and economic life. d. be above ordinary moral codes. e. demonstrate holy, "sanctified" lives and behavior.
A description of how the British used the indigenous peoples to govern would involve which of the following?
a. all of the answers are correct. b. they applied a policy of divide and conquer. c. British appointed residents to give local rulers advice. d. rulers who would not take British advice were replaced by the British. e. the system left local leaders in place, but power lay with the British.