What were the Discourses of Machiavelli?
A) A treatise that the states should not rest on supernatural authority and politics should be removed from Christian belief and be placed on a purely secular level.
B) He reasoned that temporal power is invested by God in the people as a whole, who delegate it to suitable persons.
C) Human nature is independent of divine intervention.
D) The Roman Republic should be emulated for the future success of the Italian state.
E) None of these
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a. proliferation of canals b. expansion of cotton cultivation c. increasing arrival of Irish immigrants d. rise in textile factories
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a. flourished mainly in southern cities, particularly Charleston and New Orleans b. largely imitated the culture of the white planter class c. had no connection to any African cultures d. developed a strong tradition of music and oral literature
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A. advocated fundamental changes in the social condition of women B. believed women to be socially equal but not politically equal to men C. said little about women D. were not avid feminists