A fundamental element in the first two periods of European imperial ventures in the Americas was the presence of ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: slavery
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a. true b. false
What event in 1540 stimulated the importation of African slaves into Brazil?
a. a smallpox epidemic which wiped out much of the Indian population b. the merging of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns c. the introduction of sugar cultivation d. the Portuguese acquisition of a monopoly over slaves exported from the Kongo
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Washington's defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown:
a. would have been impossible without Benedict Arnold's poor generalship on behalf of the British. b. destroyed British public support for the war. c. made up for Washington's failure to support General Nathaniel Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. d. allowed Washington to march his men unmolested through the Lower South, where he achieved ultimate victory at Camden. e. angered the French, whose fleet had yet to arrive and who wanted credit for the victory.