How did John Harrison and Joseph Banks contribute to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century?
a. They pioneered translating the scientific outlook into real-world applications.
b. They made Greenwich, and thus Britain, the center of the world.
c. Banks developed Kew Gardens as the world center of botany.
d. Their science supported the increasing power of Britain.
e. All of these
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The largest component of the New Right was composed of __________.
A. evangelical Protestants B. urban Catholics C. conservative ideologues D. neoconservatives
What happened to Russian society after Nicholas I came to power following the death of Alexander I in 1825?
a. It became the most liberal of the European powers. b. It rapidly industrialized. c. It became an industrial power after the abolition of serfdom. d. It was increasingly influenced by ultra-conservative societies, such as the Northern Union. e. It became a police state, as the czar feared both internal and external revolutionary upheavals.
A major objective of the Navigation Acts was to eliminate the ________ from the American trade
A) Dutch B) Spanish C) Portuguese D) English E) Swedes
At the core of free-labor ideology was the belief that
a. social mobility awaited those industrious laborers who worked hard and efficiently. b. laborers who worked for free earned merits and future promotion from employers. c. independent yeoman farmers formed the backbone of society. d. commerce bred greed and selfishness and should be avoided. e. all industries should be publicly owned.