The colonial boycott of tea in 1773
A. was based on colonists' anger at having to pay a new tax.
B. involved relatively small numbers of people.
C. was led in large part by women, who were the primary consumers of tea.
D. resulted in the arrest of the Daughters of Liberty.
E. had little financial effect on England.
C
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A. Toys were uncommon. B. Infanticide was practiced only by eastern Europeans. C. Parents preferred small families of two or three children. D. Children never went to school.
The election of 2000 was finally settled when:
A the Supreme Court ordered a ceasing of additional Florida recounts. B) Florida completed a recount showing the state was won by Bush. C) Al Gore called for the recount to end. D) Bush and Gore agreed that Bush had won.
By the year 1000, the population of the two provinces of Christendom rose to about
A. ten million. B. twenty-two million. C. thirty-six million. D. sixty-one million. E. seventy-five million.
"The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate, of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat." This statement would most likely have been made by
A) George Pullman. B) William Tweed. C) Jacob A. Riis. D) Andrew Carnegie. E) Charles Darwin.