John Locke, a prominent Enlightenment thinker, argued that:
A) humans were born virtuous.
B) humans had the responsibility of checking the growth of social institutions that would inevitably become premised on inequality and favoritism.
C) a balance in economy was determined by the laws of supply and demand.
D) one's environment was more significant than divine decree in the development of one's character.
E) God was central to an individual's well-being.
D
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The sale of these colonial offices ultimately led to all but one of the following:
a. a reduction in the military cost of protecting Spain’s New World possessions b. a decline in the competence level of office holders c. the emergence of a Creole elite able to bend the Spanish administration increasingly to its will d. the decentralization of the decision-making processes
After conquering the last Canary Island in 1496, the Spanish devoted the land to the cultivation of
a. corn. b. rice. c. sugar. d. tobacco.
The heir to the technique of historia (“investigation/research”) developed by Greeks in the late archaic period was
a. Herodotus b. Sima Qian c. Sythians d. Kushan e. Saka
Why was opposition to the Stamp Act so much more widespread than opposition to taxes previously levied by Parliament?
A) The colonists were taxed at a much higher rate than Britons.
B) The tax affected nearly all legal transactions and printed documents.
C) The movement in favor of independence was strengthening.
D) Tax collectors were resorting to violence.
E) Taxes had previously been levied with the colonists' consent.