Spain joined the war because its leaders:
A) were committed to the Revolutionary cause.
B) hoped to regain Florida.
C) hoped to regain Canada.
D) wished to sell Louisiana to the United States.
Answer: B
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Which of the following describes how the European preference for sweetened beverages shaped the Atlantic economy?
A) The main exports from Africa to Europe were sugar and honey. B) An association of sugar-producing countries was established to set prices. C) Sugar plantations were established in the islands off the coast of Europe. D) European demand for sugar contributed to the growth of the slave trade.
Was the dispute over taxation and representation a noble appeal to the principles of freedom, or merely an issue of the pocketbook? Discuss the motivations of the revolutionaries.
What will be an ideal response?
On March 13, 1865, President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy signed into a law an act which
a. abolished slavery throughout the South. b. called for additional troops regardless of their race. c. allowed for the summary execution of any black person found off his or her master’s plantation. d. conscripted almost every male slave into combat service.