Compare the development of agriculture in the New England, mid-Atlantic, and southern colonies. How did different types of farming contribute to the formation of different types of societies in the three regions?

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Answer: Dense forests, poor soil, and a cold climate limited the development of agriculture and forced economic diversification in the northeastern colonies. More favorable conditions in the mid-Atlantic colonies led to modest surpluses of foodstuffs that could be sold. Northern agricultural work routines were less intense and burdensome than the cultivation of staple crops in the South. A plantation economy and society dominated the tidewater South, but the backcountry settlers there pursued mixed farming and cattle raising.

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a. The Barbary pirates held American merchant ships hostage and Jefferson sent in the navy rather than pay the ransom. b. Jefferson wanted to disarm the pasha of Tripoli, who had gathered weapons he planned to use against the United States. c. Plantation owners wanted to import more Africans before the international slave trade became illegal in 1808, and they needed American firepower to help them do it. d. Jefferson had tried to cut the naval budget, and Federalists had accused him of being wishy-washy; Jefferson wanted to show that he could be tough. e. Tripoli had declared war on the United States after Jefferson had refused demands for increased payments to the Barbary pirates.

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What were the major developments in early Japanese literature, art, and architecture?

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John Knox, founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland, argued that ______________.

A. a different form of Protestantism was necessary in Scotland to combat the Church of England B. Scotland needed a real reformation because Henry VIII's conversion to Protestantism was for political purposes only C. England had no business in Scotland, religious or political D. women were not empowered to rule in the government because it was unnatural E. Scotland must rely on France to expel the English, even if they were Catholic

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Describe the origins and effects of the consumer culture. Why was it critical to prosperity in the 1920s?

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