How did William Pitt plan to encourage the Americans to assume the military burden in the Seven Years' War in America?
A) He promised to open the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlement.
B) He hinted broadly at increased colonial self-government in the post-war world.
C) He promised that if the colonies raised the necessary men, Parliament would bear the financial burden.
D) He guaranteed lower tariffs and internal taxes in the post-war era.
E) All of these choices
C
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A) massive nuclear retaliation B) anti-colonialism C) containment D) spreading democracy by peaceful means
What is portrayed in the 1830 drawing made of the capture of Nat Turner that appears in Chapter 8?
A) Turner's dignity and the difficulty of capturing Turner B) the love earned by Turner from southern whites C) the respect of Turner by southern blacks D) the admiration of Turner by the federal government
The early engagements between Japan and the United States were:
a. naval battles. b. battles between guerrilla armies in jungles. c. bombing raids on each other's territory. d. fought in China.
By 1900, China ________
A) had succeeded in resisting European influence B) was the leading Asian power C) had become vulnerable to European imperialism D) had closed the door to the outside world E) welcomed U.S. intervention