How did economic competition and political dissatisfaction lead to the American Revolution?
What will be an ideal response?
England was a late-comer to overseas trade and colonies, behind Spain and France. The competition for overseas territories fueled conflict between European nations which was at times played out in the New World, as in the Seven Years' War. Britain also edged out the Dutch in both the implementation of the Navigation Acts as well as the seizure of New Amsterdam (becoming New York). Competition for the raw goods of Canada kept Britain and France at odds. Finally, the American colonists themselves, frustrated by Britain's attempt to limit their participation in a free market economy (rather than mercantilist relations with the mother country), as well as by their lack of political representation and voice over taxation, rebelled against Britain and initiated the American Revolution.
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A) the collapse of the stock market. B) rising farm prices. C) commercial overexpansion and speculation. D) global inflation.
A major cause of the Great Depression in Europe was
A) Weimar Germany's high tariff policies that prohibited trade with other nations. B) the recall of American loans from European markets. C) the underproduction and high prices of agricultural goods in eastern and central Europe. D) the inability of the League of Nations to set complementary economic policies in different global markets. E) All of these are correct.
Iconoclasm was also found in which religion?
A. Catholicism B. Buddhism C. Islam D. Judaism E. Hinduism
How did someone become a member of a church in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) The person became part of whatever church was in his or her community. B) A person who already belonged to the church had to provide testimony for anyone new who wanted to join. C) A new member had to wait a full year after applying to the church in order to prove that he or she was a worthy citizen. D) A person had to perform community service before being allowed to join a community church. E) The church community would vote in order to decide whether to let a new member in.