A(n) _____ was a grant given by the Virginia Company of 50 acres of land to any individual who paid his or her own passage across the Atlantic

A) wampum
B) head right
C) indentured servitude
D) passage tax
E) seasoning


B

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Nathaniel Bacon __________.

a. arrived in Virginia as an indentured servant b. came from a respectable English family and set himself up immediately as a substantial planter c. was perceived as a villain by the common people of Virginia d. was a former indentured servant who was denied farmland in the Virginia Colony

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Examine the role played by Charlemagne in the establishment of a powerful Europe. What were his main inspirations? What were his policies?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following was included in the aging Henry Clay's proposed compromise package to "escape from crisis"?

A. admission of California as a slave state B. admission of Texas as a free state C. abolition of the federal fugitive slave law D. abolition of the slave trade in Washington, DC

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Generally pioneers traveling the Overland Trails in the 1840s and 1850s were __________

A) constantly attacked by Indians B) likely to experience very little dissension C) parts of organized westward-moving communities D) traveling alone for safety and speed

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