Bacon's Rebellion was the consequence of all of the following EXCEPT
A) a growing sentiment for colonial independence from England.
B) resentment against the royal governor's Indian policies.
C) the frustration of a growing number of people who had little chance of gaining title to land.
D) higher taxes and falling tobacco prices.
A
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The Paleolithic Age is characterized by
a. domestication of animals. b. the beginning of agriculture. c. a hunting and gathering existence. d. d. the invention of writing.
What was the status of the French bourgeoisie and nobility by the eighteenth century?
a. They were growing further apart in social status. b. They were increasingly less distinguishable from each other. c. They rapidly lost social status to the third estate. d. They were openly hostile with one another and frequently involved in street battles. e. They were almost completely dominated by the clergy of the First Estate.
As a result of the Plague, all of the following occurred EXCEPT ________
A. cities expanded their power B. many serfs left the land to work as artisans C. the value of manufactured items rose D. guilds welcomed all aspiring newcomers E. luxury goods were in greater demand
What did Sitting Bull mean when he stated in his 1877 speech at the Powder River Council that "…we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they [whites] threaten to take that from us also…"?
A) Railroad companies and entrepreneurs virtually eliminated the buffalo from the Great Plains. B) The federal government violated treaties declaring Indian lands off limits to white settlement. C) The defacement of the earth made by farmers and miners was sacrilegious. D) The encroaching white culture was more civilized than the Sioux culture.