Under mercantilism, colonies existed to provide markets and natural resources for the industries of the home country, and in turn, the home country was to:
A. protect and administer the colonies.
B. educate and Christianize the colonies.
C. generate free trade for the colonies to spur the local economy.
D. produce agricultural and manufactured goods to supply the colonies.
E. do little or nothing.
A
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A. exclusive trading rights with China B. free trade with Cuba C. open trading rights with China D. the right to intervene in Cuban military affairs
Events in Germany and England following the deaths of their rulers Henry IV and John respectively show that
A) stable medieval government depended on the ruler leaving a capable adult heir. B) the loyalty of the nobility usually prevented dynastic problems. C) European monarchy had become institutional rather than personal. D) no European king could rule without support from the pope. E) the German and English nobles had been tamed and could no longer threaten the throne.
The Yayoi revolution included the agricultural,
a. bronze, and iron revolutions. b. iron, and industrial revolutions. c. financial, and iron revolutions. d. cultural, and iron revolutions.
Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because they
a. considered the appointed men to be unsuitable. b. believed that the appointments were unconstitutional. c. did not want a showdown with the Supreme Court. d. saw it as the defeated Federalist party's attempt to entrench itself in the government. e. opposed lifetime appointments for federal judges.