The Tea Act:
A) placed a heavy tax on any tea not imported by the East India Company.
B) actually lowered the price of tea.
C) closed the port of Boston to further foreign trade.
D) was the harshest measure yet taken by the British against the colonies.
Answer: B
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The Manila Galleon was a part of the Spanish fleet system in which
A) the Crown encouraged unlimited expansion of colonial trade with Asia. B) Spanish merchants flooded Asian markets with Spanish textiles. C) Mexican merchants invested twice as much money as they earned in profits. D) two ships annually sailed between Acapulco and Manila trading silver for silks.
In 1911 the Austrian composer and theoretician Arnold Schoenberg announced a new, modern style of musical composition that featured Freudian themes along with:
a. The noise of engines and machines. b. Slower and more stately melodies. c. Augmented instrumentation. d. Mellifluous harmonies.
In 1924, Coolidge was unsuccessful in his reelection.
a. true b. false
Benin differed from other West African nations with regard to the slave trade because Benin
A) did not resist supplying Europeans with slaves. B) discontinued its involvement in the slave trade. C) traded exclusively with the Spanish. D) acquired its slaves only from its own population. E) traded its slaves only for goods, not for money.