The reforms of Peter I included all of the following EXCEPT
A) offering better pay for peasants who served for life as professional soldiers.
B) forcing his subjects to adopt western European fashions.
C) forming a council of nobles to advise him on how best to improve the lives of serfs.
D) building the city of St. Petersburg to serve as a base of naval operations.
E) providing extensive training and modern weapons to soldiers.
Answer: C) forming a council of nobles to advise him on how best to improve the lives of serfs.
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a. was promulgated by Leopold I and stressed pragmatism in finding a solution to religious strife in Habsburg lands. b. provided a legal basis for the inheritance of Maria Theresa of the Habsburg throne. c. was promulgated by Frederick II in support of his claim to the Habsburg throne. d. None of these answers are correct.
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A. Dred Scott was not a United States citizen. B. slaves could acquire freedom only by purchasing it. C. residence in free territory made Dred Scott free. D. Congress had the power to bar slavery from a territory.
Detail the stages experienced by an African, from sale to arriving at a plantation in America
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