What grievances led Metacom to wage war against the English settlers and their Indian allies?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Metacom believed that the English had a hand in the death of his father, Massasoit.
2. Colonial traders made Indians drunk and then cheated them.
3. English livestock trampled Indian fields, and if Indians shot the cattle, colonial courts punished them.
4. Finally, the Indians of southern New England were outnumbered two to one by English colonists, placing enormous pressure on the remaining Indian communities.
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What was a result of the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision?
a. Public education became more expensive for southern states. b. Integration of schools was to occur with deliberate speed. c. Illiteracy among school-aged children would be eradicated. d. De facto segregation could no longer occur. e. Black teachers were paid the same as their white counterparts.
Describe the development of city-states in early Mesopotamia
What will be an ideal response?
What made the Christian New Testament a powerful influence for centuries after Jesus?
A) The Gospels are testimonials of faith that did not depend on eyewitness evidence. B) Other Greek and Roman writings confirmed all of the main points of the Christian writings. C) Most people around the Mediterranean continued to speak Greek for centuries after Jesus. D) Christian writings confirmed Jewish expectations that the Messiah would be a political rather than a spiritual leader. E) Paul made the historical Jesus he had personally known the center of the faith.
George Inness' painting for Currier and Ives reflects:
A) the creative freedom of the artist. B) the conflict between art and the marketplace. C) the disappearance of the American countryside. D) pastoral peace undisturbed by industrialization.