European settlers migrated to the Middle Atlantic colonies to escape A. religiou

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European settlers migrated to the Middle Atlantic colonies to escape

A. religious persecution.

B. economic hardship.

C. military conscription.

D. all of the above.

Which of the following was true of the Stamp Act?

A. It sparked the first great imperial crisis.

B. It was passed to help offset the costs to defend the colonies.

C. Both British politicians and colonial leaders rejected the idea that Americans should have direct representation in Parliament.

D. All of the above

The Great Compromise led to

A. a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate.

B. a separation of powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

C. a division of powers between the states and the national government.

D. interstate and foreign trade controlled by the national government.

Explanation / Answer

European settlers migrated to the Middle Atlantic colonies to escape A. religious persecution. [these settlers where from england and the 1st successful colony in USA was established in jamestown virginia in 1607 successful because before this there where two more attemps which were failed, there can be one more reason besides this migration that is in search of resources like gold as french did in south america.]

Which of the following was true of the Stamp Act? B. It was passed to help offset the costs to defend the colonies.[ after french and indian war the colonist were safe but britain was facing large debt due to war and was unsecure , this war is also called  Seven Years’ War (1756-63) because as during these years french and english were at war around the whole world africa,north america,india,philippines reason this war is called seven year war because English did not declare wad on french untill 1756,this war is also called French and Indian War and has many onther names because due to faught at different places,so to recover from this debt stemp act was introduced in 1765] Stamp Act opponent Patrick Henry is known for his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, delivered before a meeting of Virginia's colonial leaders in 1775 in an effort to mobilize a militia against a possible attack by the British.

The Great Compromise led to A. a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate. [may 29 1787 the virginia plan was presented which was entirely a new form of government comprises of legislation executive judiciary and that will be made of twe houses and number of representative will be according to population of states which will give an unfair advantage to larger states in compair to smaller states to resolve this dispute The Great Compromise was introduced by edmund randolph which allows upper house with eqal number of representation from each state and lower house based on population.

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