In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Buressses
a. colonial attempts to build a strong national government
b. efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
c. steps in the growth of representative democracy
d. early social reform movements
Answer: c. steps in the growth of representative democracy
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a. imperialistic literature. b. Christian forbearance. c. English arrogance. d. European commercial ambitions.
Which of the following best describes the political structure of the Hellenistic successor states?
A) monarchies dominated by Greeks and Macedonians B) democracies dominated by Greeks and Macedonians C) monarchies dominated by native peoples D) democracies dominated by native peoples
According to scholars, the flood of precious New World metals into Spain is responsible for all of the following except
a. the ballooning of the European money supply. b. the foundations of the modern commercial banking system. c. the growth of capitalism as an economic system. d. a price revolution that dramatically decreased consumer costs. e. the spread of commerce and manufacturing.
The centralist/federalist split and the conservative/liberal split in Latin America ________
A) represented two different debates B) usually ran along the same lines C) rarely intersected D) produced two strongly opposed political parties