The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are all examples of the efforts of colonial Americans to
a. use democratic practices in government
b. protest British land policies
c. establish religious freedom
d. overthrow British royal governors
Answer: a. use democratic practices in government
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A) Giuseppe Mazzini. B) Count Camillo di Cavour. C) Giuseppe Garibaldi. D) Victor Emmanuel II. E) Viscount Castlereagh.
The War Powers Act? ?made it illegal for the president to carry out an undeclared war for more than ______________________ and giving to Congress the right to shut down the president's military engagement if it is not adequately apprised of the situation
A) ?20 days B) ?30 days C) ?48 days D) ?60 days E) ?75 days
Which of the following significantly undermined the Whig's presidential election campaign in 1836?
A) The Whig political strategy of appealing to diverse constituencies by nominating different presidential candidates in different states and different regions in the country adversely diluted and scattered the Whig popular and electoral votes. B) The Whig political strategy of desiring a larger federal government that could manage internal improvements proved to be politically unpopular in New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. C) The Whigs did not have a popular political candidate to run in the North and the West. D) State Whig Party leaders and activists resented the tight party discipline on issues such as slavery and Manifest Destiny that the national Whig Party attempted to enforce.
The language of the Vedas was Prakrit, the language of the bureaucracy and literary expression.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)