Most of the inhabitants of the colonial American South were
a. slave-owning planters.
b. small landowning farmers.
c. landless farm laborers.
d. black slaves.
e. urban wage earners.
b
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A) ?They believed the husband was superior to the wife. B) ?They accepted social inequality as the will of God. C) ?They believed in using coercion to induce compliance. D) ?They maintained a hierarchical social order. E) ?They believed everyone had a place in the family, church, and commonwealth.
What were Sepoys?
a. British East India soldiers serving in India b. Soldiers of the British crown serving in India c. Indian mercenaries who served in the British army d. French mercenaries who worked for the British in India e. Sinhalese mercenaries who served in British India
The Yellow Turbans led a(n) ________ in China in the second century C.E
A) religious pilgrimage B) literary revival C) economic boom D) rebellion
Early farming in river flood plains resulted in a more reliable harvest because of several reasons. What is NOT one of these reasons?
a. Crops were less dependent on rainfall. b. River sediments deposited nutrients. c. Natural fertilization made a sedentary lifestyle possible. d. Governments were not centralized yet. e. Workers were more available in river basin areas.