Why did Rammohun Roy want to see an English-language college established in Calcutta?
a. He feared imprisonment if he did not support the efforts of the British.
b. He associated English with science, inquiry, and liberty.
c. He hoped to win favor with leading British intellectuals.
d. He thought it would placate the British so they would leave other local traditions intact.
e. He sought a position as leader of the new college.
b
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a. Virgil wanted to protest against the tyrannous rule of Augustus. b. the Senate commissioned it to commemorate victory in the Punic Wars. c. Augustus commissioned it to glorify his role in founding the Empire. d. Pontius Pilate commissioned it to please Augustus. e. Cicero used it to promote Roman virtues.
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(a) banning the closed shop (b) creating universal health insurance (c) establishing a federal minimum wage (d) ending the outsourcing of American jobs
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A. railroads. B. state governments. C. corporations and processors who provided products and services for farmers. D. the two major political parties. E. banks.