Which of the following statements holds true for slavery in the North American colonies during the 1700s?
A) Slavery was most common in New England and the Middle Colonies.
B) Slaves worked as field hands on farms.
C) Slavery was mostly concentrated in cities in the Middle Colonies.
D) Slaves mostly worked as artisans in the Chesapeake area.
E) Slave life developed fully in the plantations of New England.
B
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What will be an ideal response?
William Pitt was
A. the organizer of British victory in the Seven Years' War. B. both the organizer of British victory in the Seven Years' War, and relatively sympathetic to American protests during the years after the Seven Years' War. C. relatively sympathetic to American protests during the years after the Seven Years' War. D. None of these answers is correct.
Queen Elizabeth I
a. was the first female ruler of France. b. became hated because of her attempt to restore Roman Catholicism in England. c. slapped Paul III in the face after a lengthy, and heated, theological debate. d. successfully survived the Spanish armada. e. engineered the brilliant English-Swedish naval success at the Battle of Lepanto.
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
a. established the principle of judicial review. b. established the rule of due process. c. resulted in a victory for Marbury. d. suggested that states as well as federal courts could rule on the constitutionality of Congressional acts.