In March 1770, a massacre occurred in Boston. The so-called massacre was:
a. the most violent protest to the famous Boston Tea Party
b. the unprovoked killing of five patriots by British soldiers
c. the fiery result of an angry crowd's response to British troops living and working in town
d. to lead to lengthy prison sentences for the redcoats involved
C
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The Spartan assembly consisted of ________
A. all males over twenty B. nobles aged forty and older C. all males over thirty D. all land-owning males
One of the immediate goals of African American colleges was
A) to train businessmen to provide the black community with greater economic power. B) to produce lawyers to defend African Americans against vagrancy laws. C) to educate ministers to tend to the spiritual needs of the black community. D) to train teachers in order to encourage literacy among African Americans. E) to instruct politicians to enact legislation beneficial to African Americans.
Despite some economic benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists generally disliked it because it
a. forced the South into a one-crop economy. b. favored the northern over the southern colonies. c. required American colonists to display a measure of economic initiative and self-sufficiency as they were unable to demonstrate trading in international economic markets. d. stifled economic initiative and imposed a rankling dependency on British government agents and creditors. e. forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price.
Napoleon trapped President Madison into declaring war against England.
a. true b. false