The text authors claim there was a "maturing of the American provinces after 1700." Show economic, demographic, political, and social evidence that this was true
What will be an ideal response?
Economic: thriving West Indies trade, expanding agricultural economy
Demographic: rapidly growing population, pluralistic population, growing towns, healthier conditions
Political: rise of assemblies, growing self-confidence
Social: stratification of society, emergence of self-conscious elite, large and stable landowning middle class
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A) lived in cities. B) lived west of the Appalachian Mountains. C) owned slaves. D) were of English ancestry.
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a. the building of a canal system that crisscrossed the country b. the southward shift of settlement c. the development of new foodstuffs d. irrigation and double cropping
Which of these leaders was premier of India for most of the period from 1967 to 1984?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mohandas Gandhi C) Indira Gandhi D) Benazir Bhutto
The Portuguese created a commercial empire in the fifteenth century that included all of the following products EXCEPT
a. sugar. b. cloth. c. tobacco. d. slaves. e. gold.