Which of the following statements about indentured servants in the first half of the seventeenth-century Chesapeake colonies is LEAST accurate?
a. Most indentured servants were in their late teens or early twenties when they arrived in the Chesapeake.
b. Many indentured servants did not live long enough to earn their freedom.
c. Indentured servants who earned their freedom expected to receive a parcel of land of their own.
d. Despite its harsh features, the legal system of white servitude was, from the beginning, sharply distinguished from the legal system of black servitude.
d. Despite its harsh features, the legal system of white servitude was, from the beginning, sharply distinguished from the legal system of black servitude.
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A. abolishing slavery. B. abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to slaves. C. granting suffrage for free black males. D. granting citizenship to slaves. E. None of these answers is correct.
Which of the following was a consequence of the war between the Iroquois and the Hurons?
a. The Hurons were victorious and became the major Indian power in the Northeast. b. The Iroquois were victorious and became the major Indian power in the Northeast. c. The two combatants fought to exhaustion, allowing the Dutch to dictate the terms of trade in the region. d. The two combatants fought to exhaustion, allowing the French to dictate the terms of trade in the region.
Which of the following states was most heavily influenced by Islam?
A. Funan B. Melaka C. Srivijaya D. Angkor E. Vijayanagar
Billy Yank tended to be all of the following except
a. religious. b. literate. c. intellectual. d. practical. e. efficient.