During the Revolutionary War, tensions between backcountry farmers and wealthy planters:

a. caused Francis Marion's eventual defeat at the Battle of Cowpens.
b. enabled the British to turn around their previously unsuccessful performance during the war.
c. prompted several mutinies within colonial ranks.
d. led Benedict Arnold to defect to the British.
e. gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists.


Ans: e. gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists.

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American Indians probably adapted more easily to the encounter with Europeans than vice versa because

a. they had seen new populations migrate into their regions many times before. b. their religion commanded tolerance and patience with alien cultures. c. of their belief that their world was animated by a spiritual force that was both universal and intelligent. d. new European arrivals were generally pleasant and agreeable.

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Great Britain sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?

A) Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles B) Catholics from France and Spain, thereby weakening England's enemies C) professionals and skilled craftsmen from England D) members of nonmainstream religions, particularly Quakers and Anabaptists E) wealthy merchants who could spur economic growth in the colonies

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The Bantu originally came from around

A. the Swahili area. B. far southern Africa. C. Egypt. D. modern-day Nigeria. E. modern-day Algeria.

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