Why were the British seizing American ships in 1793 and 1794?
A) They wanted to demonstrate their naval superiority.
B) They wanted to engage the United States in another war.
C) They believed that the American merchants were cheating them.
D) They wanted to stop American trade with France.
E) They wanted to acquire ships for their naval fleet.
D
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Analyze the last two years of the Civil War. What were the key factors in the Union victory? What were the costs of the war in both the North and the South?
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Which of the following is a work that was not authored by Machiavelli?
A) Oration on the dignity of man B) The Prince C) Discourses on Livy D) The Mandrake E) A History of Florence
Once European colonists arrived with their livestock and their agricultural knowledge,
a. they always succeeded. b. they found that Old World crops could be adapted with little change to the environments of the Americas. c. they sometimes failed and had to rely on crops that they borrowed from Native Americans. d. they found that Old World crops sometimes failed, but that livestock were always successful.
The Pragmatic Sanction
a. was promulgated by Leopold I and stressed pragmatism in finding a solution to religious strife in Habsburg lands. b. provided a legal basis for the inheritance of Maria Theresa of the Habsburg throne. c. was promulgated by Frederick II in support of his claim to the Habsburg throne. d. None of these answers are correct.