Which of the following was one of the causes of Jamestown's early troubles?
(A) The colony was abandoned by the British.
(B) A hard winter left many colonists dead.
(C) The Native American Powhatan group was hostile toward colonists.
(D) The land of Jamestown was unsuited for agriculture.
By the 1670s, planters in Virginia began to switch to slave labor because
(A) they could use slaves as collateral and expand their plantations.
(B) the use of slave labor could help them receive tax credits.
(C) more and more Englishmen wanted to become indentured servants.
(D) the advances in technology demanded more efficiency.
13.
According to John Locke, when do people have the right to revolt against their
government?
(A) when the government becomes a threat to the people's natural rights
(B) when the government becomes too bureaucratic
(C) when the government is involved in an unjust war
(D) when the people disagree with the government's policies
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the Congress
(A) could not declare war.
(B) had no power to impose taxes.
(C) was unable to raise armies.
(D) did not have authority to sign treaties.
After the Revolutionary War, states began levying taxes on each other's goods
largely because the Confederation Congress
(A) did not have a president to settle disputes among states.
(B) was not allowed to regulate commerce.
(C) did not have the power to impose taxes.
(D) was not allowed to negotiate treaties with other nations.