British policy toward its colonies in the 1600s and 1700s was based on the principle of
a. popular sovereignty
b. salutary neglect
c. direct representation
d. the price revolution
e. mercantilism
Answer: e. mercantilism
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a. the mass slaughter of livestock. b. pitched battles between peasants and the authorities. c. significantly lowered agricultural production. d. attempts to defend private property. e. widespread reluctance on the part of local officials to enact party requirements.
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After the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia in early 1939, in the event of war the British offered to defend
a. the Soviet Union. b. France. c. Poland. d. Belgium. e. the Scandinavian nations.