The English Navigation Act of 1651 imposed ________
A) taxes on all slave ships
B) restrictions on who could ship to and from England and its colonies
C) import duties on tea and sugar
D) expensive licenses on anyone wanting to trade within the British Empire
B
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The first city-state civilization arose in Italy due to the
A) Carthaginians. B) Gauls. C) Latins. D) Greeks. E) Etruscans.
The protests against the World Trade Organization, which gained international attention in 1999, took place in
A) ?Portland, Oregon. B) ?Seattle, Washington. C) ?Los Angeles, California. D) ?Las Vegas, Nevada. E) ?San Francisco, California.
Which of the following countries in South Asia has had women prime ministers in recent decades?
A. Myanmar B. Sri Lanka. C. Belize D. Bangladesh E. Kampuchea.
What happened to Sergeant William Walker of the Third South Carolina Regiment after he led his men to stack their arms by their captain’s tent and declare themselves released from duty because the army would not grant them equal pay?
a. He received a personal audience from President Lincoln, who agreed that the treatment of black soldiers was unjust. b. He was stripped to the waist and whipped two hundred times for mutiny. c. He was executed by firing squad. d. He was dismissed from the service and sentenced to forty years in prison.