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[Answered] What impact did the Reformation have on the religious geography of the Americas?

[Answered] Why were Motte and Bailey castles replaced by stone castles?

[Answered] Who said, "The advance of the frontier has meant... a steady growth of independence on American lives"?

[Answered] Why was Richard Arkwright important in the Industrial Revolution?

[Answered] How did the people of the French Revolution overthrow the government?

[Answered] What was the approximate distance between Britain and its North American colony? A. 1,500 miles B. 2,800 miles C. 3,700 miles D. 4,900 miles Approximately how many degrees east of Britain is Western Australia? A. 40° B. 80° C. 120° D. 140°

[Answered] What was mercantilism and how did it affect the Anglo-American colonies?

[Answered] All of the following are true about the Stamp Act EXCEPT: A. The act directly affected all colonists. B. As a result of colonial resistance to the Stamp Act, all taxes were repealed except a small tax on tea. C. The stamp tax was a direct tax. D. The act resulted in a boycott of British goods that severely damaged British merchants. E. The colonists’ theory of “taxation without representation” developed in response to this act.

[Answered] All of the following were provisions of the Constitution as originally ratified EXCEPT: A. Indirect election of senators B. The counting of three-fifths of slaves for purposes of determining representation in the House C. Abolition of the internal slave trade D. Enumerated powers E. The elastic clause

[Answered] A. Boer War B. Crimean War C. Emilio Aguinaldo D. Sepoy Mutiny E. Menelik II F. Nigeria G. Persia H. Queen Liliuokalani I. Raj J. Shaka 1. The main cause of the _____ was Russia's desire to gain land on the Black Sea from the Ottoman Empire. 2. The part of India that was under direct British rule was known as the _____. This term is also used to refer to the period of British rule over India. 3. In 1907, _____ lost a long fight to maintain its independence when Britain and Russia took over the country and divided it into spheres of influence. 4. In the 1800s, the Zulu chief _____ used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large state in Southern Africa. 5. _____ was the leader of the Filipino nationalists who claimed that the United States had promised immediate independence of the Philippine islands after the end of the Spanish-American War. 6. The opposition of Dutch settlers to British policy in South Africa turned violent during the _____.