The organizers of the Jamestown colony were motivated primarily by a desire to
A) pursue military adventures against the Spanish.
B) spread Christian religion to native peoples.
C) earn profits by discovering gold and developing trade with Indians.
D) escape political oppression and religious persecution.
Answer: C
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a. France and Italy. c. Britain and Germany. b. Italy and Germany. d. Germany and Russia.
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-He was strongly under the influence of lobbyists. -He was controlled by corporate interests. -He had no respect for their frank religiosity. -He operated with an outsider strategy.
Lincoln kept Maryland in the Union __________
A) with military force and the arrests of pro-Confederate officials B) by exempting Marylanders from the draft C) with little difficulty D by carefully respecting Marylanders' civil rights
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a. at the very tip of southern Africa. b. to the northwest of Ethiopia. c. on the East African coast. d. in the interior of southern Africa e. in the Sahara Desert.