Why did many American colonists object to the Quebec Act?
A) It made Roman Catholicism Quebec's official religion.
B) It permitted criminal cases to be settled without the use of juries.
C) It created a plan for a military occupation of the colonies.
D) It transferred Quebec back to France, thereby placing a hostile power at the northern border of the American colonies.
E) It moved the capital of the Dominion of New England to Montreal.
A
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A) southerners were lazier than northerners B) slavery was more profitable in plantation economies C) most northerners were morally opposed to slavery D) slave traders refused to sell slaves in the North
Which of the following was a feature of the Articles of Confederation government?
A. Each state was proportionately represented in the Confederation Congress. B. Domestic commercial policy was placed under the control of the national government. C. The national government did not have the power to settle disputes between the states. D. The national government did not have the power to raise revenue effectively.
The highly prized luxury goods of the Asians were most important for European expansion because they__________
A) served as preservatives aboard ships B) provided a motivation to take to the seas C) financed journeys to the New World D) offered means of bartering
The Paris Commune demanded all of the following except
A) abolition of private property. B) free universal education and a minimum wage. C) disestablishment of the Catholic Church. D) a more just tax system. E) the right to rule on a local basis.