The young United States confronted strong challenges from which foreign power(s) at its borders?
A. the Spanish and British
B. the French to the west
C. the Dutch to the north
D. the French in the West Indies
A. the Spanish and British
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Jamestown's prosperity was ensured by __________
a. the discovery of gold b. the development of fur trading c. royal financial support d. tobacco cultivation e. potato cultivation
All of the following factors contributed to the end of Mongol rule in China except
A. excessive military expenditures. B. insufficient incoming receipts from taxes. C. internal strife, aggravated by growing famine. D. inferior abilities among the successors to Khubilai Khan. E. the plague that killed millions of Mongols in 1241 and 1242.
Which statement is most consistent with women's experiences in the late nineteenth century?
a. Women continued to occupy a separate sphere in life where they were separated from a cruel world that would undermine their femininity. b. There were no colleges or universities open to women. c. They were joining clubs that encouraged their participation in reform movements. d. They had moved into the professions and constituted one-third of all doctors and one-fourth of all lawyers.
What was closed to colonial settlement by royal proclamation in 1763?
A) lands west of the Appalachians B) Canada C) the Caribbean D) Florida