Why did colonists vehemently object to the Stamp Act?
a. It would put a heavy burden on the colonial economy.
b. It was imposed by King George III without Parliamentary approval.
c. It was imposed by a Parliament in which they had no representation.
d. It disproportionately affected the middle and lower classes.
e. It was the first to require any British citizen to pay a tax on printed documents.
c
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a. the facilitation of trade b. major wards against persia c. conquest of arabia d. rise of tenants farming
The impact of video and oral history accounts of the 9/11 attacks shows:
A) Americans' short memories must be refreshed. B) the power of the New Media to create cultural communities. C) Americans would rather forget the event. D) print remains the dominant medium of communications.
Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to
a) Invade the coast of Great Britain and then take over the entire country b) Keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union c) Prevent Allied forces from landing in Normandy and liberating France d) Prevent the invasion of North Africa
The main U.S. hope for gaining international support for the toppling of Saddam Hussein in the aftermath of the second Iraq War and the hoped for engine to change the tone of Islamic world in relation to the modern Western world, was to
A) overthrow all tyrants and impose UN rule in the Middle East, backed by the political might of the United States and the coalition of the willing. B) rebuild Iraq as a vibrant and fully functioning democracy to serve as an example of modern secular society in the Middle East. C) gain acceptance of the U.S. desire to hold down less powerful countries and appropriate their mineral wealth. D) build a partnership with a reconstituted dictatorship in Iraq and the international community. E) None of these