JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most early colonists were loyal to England and valued their right as English subjects. The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on cash crops. To pay off its war debts, the British government imposed taxes on the colonists.
Detailed explanation-2: -The current thought is that about 20 percent of the colonists were Loyalists-those whose remained loyal to England and King George. Another small group in terms of percentage were the dedicated patriots, for whom there was no alternative but independence.
Detailed explanation-3: -To seek religious freedom and economic opportunity. What is the purpose of listing complaints against the king.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming.
Detailed explanation-5: -Many industries and large towns grew in the Southern Colonies. Q. Most early colonist were loyal to England and valued their rights as English subjects.