Tomé de Sousa was a royal governor of Bahia who
A) successfully reconquered the rebellious quilombo of Palmares in 1694.
B) defeated Prince Maurice of Nassau and ended the Dutch colonial occupation of Recife.
C) secured royal authority in Brazil by revoking hereditary rights and privileges of donatories.
D) enriched himself and his vassals by collecting quitrents from fifty sugar mills.
C
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What argument did the British government make to the colonists in order to justify assessing new taxes on them after 1763?
A) The French and Indian War had protected the American colonists, and they should pay their fair share to defer the war's cost. B) The North American colonists did not pay any significant taxes or duties and should be paying their fair share to defer the cost of maintaining the empire. C) The British treasury had been drained and taxing the American colonists was politically the most feasible way to replenish it. D) The new taxes on the colonists were needed to pay for British investments in improving the infrastructure of the colonies.
As a result of changes in the southern backcountry in the late nineteenth century,
a. farmers in that area became more dependent on merchants. b. yeomen and African Americans began to ally against large landowners. c. poor farmers were allowed to let their animals feed on the open range. d. yeomen forged a political alliance with large landowners.
"Scalawags" were
a. pro-Union Southerners accused of exploiting the South in collusion with Republican state governments. b. violent pro-Confederate extremists who terrorized Republicans and ex-slaves. c. Northerners accused of coming to the South to exploit the region's postwar suffering for personal gain. d. ex-slaves who supported the Democratic Party's restoration. e. Union soldiers accused of growing too friendly with Southerners during the Reconstruction military occupation.
Which event sparked the end of kings in Rome?
a. the rape of Lucretia b. the conquest of Gaul c. extortion of taxes for draining swamps d. declaring war on Greece e. an embargo against goods produced in Rome