Marie-Therese de Geoffrin gained fame as a
a. innovative physicist.
b. musician and singer.
c. salon hostess.
d. remarkably effective doctor.
e. novelist and moralist.
c
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To what does the growing power of the merchant class in the New England and mid-Atlantic colonies attest?
A) the increasing importance of commerce to these regions B) the increasing influence of the British crown on these regions C) the decreasing importance of religious concerns in these regions D) the decreasing demand for slave labor in these regions E) the decreasing availability of farmland in these regions
The most important innovation of Francis Cabot Lowell's Waltham operation was to
A) divide the tasks of spinning and weaving into separate operations. B) accumulate the capital of a wide-ranging group of associates. C) use New England's swift-flowing streams to power his mills. D) combine the steps of cotton production under one roof.
The absolutist French monarchy did each of the following EXCEPT
a. dispatch road engineers from Paris to the provinces. b. require local officials to look to the central government for direction. c. control coal manufacturing. d. show particular concern for cultural development within France. e. confiscate the wealth of the aristocracy.
Lope de Aguirre was a
A) poor former conquistador who led a 16th century rebellion against Phillip II. B) wealthy conquistador who accompanied Cortez in the conquest of Mexico. C) faithful servant of the Spanish Crown and an enemy of the encomenderos. D) royal oidor (judge) who acquired a fortune and extensive landed estates in Peru.