What is a key difference between the British and French colonial settlements in the West Indies and those of the Spanish and Portuguese elsewhere in the Americas?
(A) Spanish and Portuguese settlements developed a more complex social structure than that of the British and
French settlements in the West Indies
(B) British and French settlements relied far more on government involvement in the economy
(C) The Spanish and Portuguese settlements depended on slave labor, while those of Britain and France allowed
only indentured servitude
(D) British and French settlements were more heavily influenced by the indigenous peoples there
(E) Spanish and Portuguese settlements caused much more physical damage than the environmentally friendly sugar plantations of the Caribbean.
Answer: A.
Americans 1450-1750
- The Columbian Exchange I. brought epidemics to the Americas II. brought new plants and animals to the Americas III. brought new plants and animals to Afro Eurasia
- Britain attempted to control its North American colonies by
- Reform in Spanish America meant that
- The caste system was
- The economy of the English North American colonies was based on all of the following EXCEPT
- Which of the following best describes France's colonial settlements in North America?
- Why did the planters of colonial Virginia switch from using indentured servants to using African slaves?
- The English and French colonies in the New World were characterized by
- How did mercantilist policies affect the economic system of colonial Latin America?
- Social structure in Latin America
- Which of the following did NOT contribute ,to the sharp increase in African slaves shipped to the Americas between 1600 and 1750?
- The Treaty of Tordesillas
- Which of the following characteristics is NOT shared by the Aztecs and Inca?
- Which of the following statements correctly links the Aztec religious and political systems?