The Intolerable Acts were passed by Parliament to punish __________.
A. Williamsburg and the Virginia House of Burgesses
B. Philadelphia and the other Atlantic ports that restricted imports
C. Ben Franklin and other popular colonial leaders
D. Boston and the colony of Massachusetts
Answer: D
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What was the greatest single advantage that the United States and its Allies had during World War II?
A) The Allies began military confrontations with the Axis powers immediately, before they could gain much ground in Europe or Asia. B) The Allies were genuinely willing to work together to defeat their enemies, whereas the Axis powers fought separate wars. C) The Germans and Japanese made slow progress in conquering more lands in Europe and the Pacific. D) All of the Axis powers suffered from ineffective leadership and poor strategizing. E) The Allies had such an overwhelming number of ground troops that Axis resistance was highly ineffective.
With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1618, Virginia tobacco planters
a. had established the first democracy in the Americas. b. effectively turned a business enterprise into a colonial society. c. established a governing council for European-Indian relations. d. created their own mechanism for customs enforcement.
After the Civil War, as far as education was concerned, blacks
A) showed a thirst for knowledge. B) found most southern whites supportive of their desire to learn. C) had a higher percentage of school attendance than whites. D) showed little interest in formal learning.
The Ottoman Empire was more ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse than any previous Muslim state.
a. true b. false