The fledgling colonial whaling industry was centered on/in __________
A) Marblehead, Massachusetts
B) Boston
C) Nantucket Island
D) St. John's Bay
C
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What were the Protestant revivals in the mid-eighteenth century called?
a) the Great Awakening b) the middle ground c) the consumer revolution d) the Enlightenment
Thomas Paine?s purpose in writing Common Sense was
A) to persuade France to assist the American colonies in war. B) to unite the American people in favor of independence. C) to convince England to avoid war. D) to declare independence from England. E) all of the above.
The most important factor in the British conquest of India during the eighteenth century was the
a. superiority of British weapons. b. willingness of the British government to pay for an invasion. c. political disunity of India. d. addiction of millions of Indians to opium.
The négritude movement can be characterized as ________
A) pan-Africanism B) black nationalism C) Muslim nationalism D) a decolonization movement