Who was personally responsible for making the 1793 yellow fever epidemic a political issue?
A) Benjamin Rush B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Benjamin Franklin D) Alexander Hamilton
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Which of the following statements concerning Philadelphia before the America Revolution is not true?
A) It grew so quickly that it taxed its water supply and created public health problems. B) It suffered from limited or nonexistent garbage and sewage disposal. C) It became the official capital of the colonies for the British empire. D) Its ideal location made it a leading Atlantic port. E) It was the fastest growing American city in the 18th century.
As a result of the witchcraft trials in Salem,
a. the Puritans lost control of the government of Massachusetts. b. a majority of colonial citizens became convinced that witchcraft was being practiced in every colony. c. the Great Awakening began. d. twenty people were executed either by hanging or by crushing. e. the governor's wife was executed for witchcraft.
Why did Grenville decide to keep a large garrison in the American colonies?
A) to help collect tax revenues B) to enforce the fragile peace in the east C) to protect newly acquired territories D) because colonists were unruly and resistant to government authority
Many native-born Americans tended to blame New Immigrants for a. the corruption of city government
b. low industrial wages. c. the degradation of life in American cities. d. importing alien social and economic doctrines such as socialism and anarchism. e. the rising cost of American manual labor.