What crop, more than any other, increased the early demand for slave labor?
A. sugar
B. cotton
C. tobacco
D. potatoes
Answer: A
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The British settler colonies were established at the expense of __________.
A. native peoples B. the French C. the Spanish D. the British middle class
Which of the following ended the Great Migration of Puritan settlers to the Massachusetts Bay colony in the first half of the seventeenth century?
a. religious tensions b. economic distress in the homeland c. a lack of interested migrants. d. Oliver Cromwell's rise to power in England.
In the eighteenth century, Goree Island, near Dakar, was a center for trade in what commodity?
a. slaves b. potatoes c. sugar d. pepper e. diamonds
The leading colonial figure involved in promoting public outrage over the Boston Massacre was
A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Samuel Adams. C. James Otis. D. George Mason. E. Patrick Henry.