Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763?
a. An assembly is not representative unless all people twenty-one years of age and over have the right to vote.
b. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents only the people from the region in which eligible votershad a chance to vote for him directly
c. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents the whole colony, not just the people from his district.
d. The population must be approximately equal in each district from which an assembly's representatives arechosen.
b
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A) inheritance left to descendants. B) money that a wealthy person administers in a beneficial way for his/her community. C) money that will be distributed for public use after a wealthy person dies. D) money that is claimed by the government after a wealthy person dies.
How did France's neighbors react to the early events of the French Revolution?
A. by seeking to protect the French monarchy B. by encouraging a change in the ruling dynasty C. by supporting a move toward republican government D. by refusing to allow fleeing French aristocrats to relocate abroad
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A) Movement leaders thought that blacks should have an active role in determining what they wanted. B) Movement leaders thought violence was the only solution to blacks' problems. C) Movement leaders thought whites had no role in American politics. D) Movement leaders thought that blacks should become the oppressors of whites to solve the problem of American racism.
Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution stated that suffrage could not be restricted because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
Indicate whether the statement is true or false