Which of the following was not one of the terms of the Peace of Paris?
a. Loyalists were to be compensated for their property losses
b. East and West Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States
c. The United States received fishing rights off the Grand Banks of Canada
d. Britain recognized American independance
e. The British were to return slaves who had been confiscated by their troops
b. East and West Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States
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Spain sold Florida in 1819 to the United States because it
a. wanted to help America to become a rival to Britain. b. could not defend the area and would lose it in any case. c. received America's promise to give up claims to Oregon. d. was pulling out of the Western Hemisphere. e. thought the sale of Florida might stop American settlers and frontiersmen from further pushing into Texas and other parts of Spain's holdings in the Southwest.
The mission of the War Industries Board was to
a. implement daylight savings time. b. prevent subversive activities from challenging the government. c. raise money for the war by issuing Liberty Loans. d. supervise wartime production.
How might the Whig theory of virtual representation have contributed to the tensions leading to the American Revolution?
A) The British hoped to impose a similar system of representation on the colonial assemblies. B) The colonists did not understand the workings of Parliament. C) The British placed more faith than the colonists did in the power of the crown. D) The British did not comprehend the colonists' view that they were not represented in Parliament. E) The colonists believed that Parliament could represent their interests but the king could not.
Which of the following is not generally considered a contributing factor to the fall of the Han Empire?
a. Corruption within the government b. Attacks by non-Chinese from across the frontiers c. The frustration of hungry peasants d. The subversive ideas of Buddhism e. The failure of the Han reforms