Who found John Harrison’s marine chronometer useful in his exploration of the South Pacific?
A) James Cook
B) Alexandre-Olivier Exquemelin
C) Sir Francis Drake
D) Guillaume Le Testu
A) James Cook
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Describe the various types of roles played by blacks during the Revolution. Why did this participation vary by gender and national affiliation?
What will be an ideal response?
Silver Age literature, produced between the death of Augustus and the reign of Marcus Aurelius, reflected the times. In contrast to Augustan work, Silver Age writing was ________
A. genuinely funny, even to modern readers B. gloomy and negative C. clichéd and unoriginal D. filled with reflections on current affairs
The most important six-times-a-year trade fair during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was sponsored by the counts of
A) Languedoc. B) Provence. C) Gascony. D) Champagne. E) Flanders.
Which of the following laws promoted settlement west of the Appalachians by setting affordable prices for manageable plots of land?
A) The Land Act of 1800 B) The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 C) The Military Reconstruction Act D) The Homestead Act E) The Land Act of 1820