How did the settlement of the middle colonies differ from that of New England?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Middle colonies did not attract many European immigrants; granted patroonships but failed to attract settlers, unlike the English colonies. Middle colonies were very diverse compared to the homogeneous English settlers to the north and south; many religious dissenters and immigrants from Holland, Sweden, France, and Germany came.
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Like the Tang, the Song instituted a strong central government based on _______ rather than heredity.
a. obeisance b. hierarchy c. merit d. nepotism
Which event led to the establishment of Parliament in England?
a. The popular demand of the people b. The insistence of the nobles c. The military victory over France d. The old Celtic tradition of Druidic councils e. The king's need to collect new taxes
Most southern whites __________
A) owned at least one slave B) were non-slaveholding yeoman farmers C) were poor people who sympathized with the slaves D) owned at least five slaves E) favored abolishing slavery