Boston massacre - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A historian would most likely use the term bourgeois when studying which of the following pairs of historical topics? - social classes in early modern Europe or the political philosophy of Karl Max A social science researcher can best make use of a web-based encyclopedia, the content of which is contributed and collaboratively modified by its many users, for which of the following purposes? - identifying further resources to pursue in the preliminary stages of research which of the followi...

AP Government Unit 2All of the following were true of the government under the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT: (a) Larger states had more votes in the national legislature. (b) Amendment required the support of all thirteen states. (c) The national government could not regulate commerce. (d) There was no judicial branch. (e) There was no executive branch. - correct answer (a) Larger states had more votes in the national legislature. There was popular representation, but each state on...

Nation Chapter 4 Exam Question & Answer (100% Correct) Albany Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown. Benjamin Franklin - CORRECT ANSWER-Went to before Parliament to argue why the Stamp Act was hurting the colonies. Boston Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER-Incident in 1770 where an accidental gunshot caused the redcoats to fire into ...

Why did the Founding Fathers separate the power to make, enforce, and interpret laws between different branches of government? : To prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful What pamphlet denounced British rule and fanned the flames of revolution? : Common Sense "The horrid massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March, 1770, by soldiers of the Twenty-ninth regiment, which with the Fourteenth regiment were then quartered there; with some ob...

1739 slave rebellion near Stono, South Carolina. - ANSWER-Stono Rebellion A destructive war between English settlers and Native Americans in New England from 1675 to 1676. - ANSWER-King Philip's War A group of colonial resisters who coalesced around the time of the Stamp Act and led resistance to it. - ANSWER-Son of Liberty A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a population of about 40,000 people...

What were two things Columbus desired most in the new world? - Gold and slaves Bartolome de las Casas, whose writings give the most thorough account of the Spanish-Indian encounter, was a - Dominican priest The greatest number of deaths of Native American came by - sickness and disease Why did Columbus call the Natives "Indians"? - He was convinced the Americas were the West Indies. What is the Middle Passage? - the forced transport of enslaved persons from Africa to the Americas f...

Social Studies GACE with Verified Solutions Atlanta Campaign Series of battles fought in nw ga during civil war and part of one those battles was Sherman's march. ( one of generals from union decided to pump up the volume in civil war and burned ga all the way up to sc) Paleo Culture earliest collection of known human beings said to have crossed into north america migratin animal heards south. were ancestors of moder american indians. French-Indian war France and native americans...

American Yawp Chapter 5 Final Exam Questions and Answers Where did the ideas of the "country party," that is the emphasis on the ideology of republicanism, have the most influence? - CORRECT ANSWER-In the colonies Both John Locke and George Whitefield encouraged which of the following values? - CORRECT ANSWER-Questioning authority Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? - CORRECT ANSWER-To limit wars with In...

APUSH Amsco Period 3 Latest Update Graded A Patrick Henry spoke for many when stood up in the House of Burgesses and demanded that the King's government recognize the rights of all citizens including that of the colony, not to be taxed without representation Stamp Act Congress reps from 9 colonies met in New York in 1765, resolved that only their own elected representatives had the authority to approve taxes Sons and Daughters of Liberty secret society organized for the purpose of intimidatin...

History 1301 Final Exam (Haussman) Questions with Correct Answers Roanoke Island - Answer-1st colony the colony of Maryland - Answer-founded by Lord Baltimore as haven for catholics who were prosecuted in england james oglethorpe - Answer-Englishman established Georgia. founder/governor. very dictator like. lost position as governor mayflower compact - Answer-1620 1st agreement for self government in Amer. signed by 41 men maryland toleration act - Answer-toleration to all christi...