When America entered its military alliance with France, it

a. served a long-held goal of cementing closer cultural ties with France.
b. contradicted the colonial leaders´ professed desire to avoid entangling alliances with European powers.
c. offended the Spanish and drove them into an alliance with Britain.
d. shifted the balance of Indian support suddenly to the Americans.
e. expected little to change about the war.


b

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What was the reason for the labor shortage in New World colonies during this period?

a) Native inhabitants died off in great numbers, even as the cost and dangers of the New World discouraged many Europeans from replacing them. b) The New World was largely uninhabited, but Europeans, worried by stories they heard about the dangerous conditions, did not rush to travel there. Consider This: The fare to cross the Atlantic was roughly equivalent to $7,500 today. See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. c) There were plenty of middle- and lower-class Europeans willing to travel to the colonies, but nobles, who were needed to govern them, wanted to stay at the opulent European courts. Consider This: The fare to cross the Atlantic was roughly equivalent to $7,500 today. See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. d) There were plenty of native workers, but the pace of growth was so fast that they and European emigrants could not keep up with demand. Consider This: The fare to cross the Atlantic was roughly equivalent to $7,500 today. See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy.

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King William's War was primarily between the English and the:

A) Dutch. B) Iroquois. C) Spanish. D) French.

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When war broke out, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper became the magazine of record in many households due to its decision to

A. expand its readership to southern audiences. B. forsake its southern readers and assume a pro-Union stance. C. focus on the Confederate perspective of the war. D. include images as well as text in its publications.

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