The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 had a very negative effect on the American public opinion of Germany, since it was the Germans who sank the American ship for seemingly no reason.
Q. Colonial protests and boycotts against the Stamp Act eventually led to the Boston Tea Party. False, it led to Parliament's decision to repeal the Act. Q. The taxes imposed on the colonies to help pay for The French and Indian War was a major cause of the eventual American Revolution.
Answer:
1. Normal
2. Criticism of Existing Regime
3. Widespread Dissatisfaction
Explanation:
1. Society divided into class and rank with church, nobles sitting above everyone else. The churhc and nobles owned majority of the land and wealth
2. Enlightenments used reason and science to question the hierarchy of society and revolutionary ideas start spreading in the country.
3. Events anger citizens which question the people in power. Events of debt due to war from Louis XIV, self-indulgence like Louis XV and Louis XVI. Increase in food prices which people can't afford and the taxing of nobles.
Answer:
Question 1 = A
Question 2 = C
Question 3 = A
Explanation:
Coal was excellent to help in the production of metals as they required high temperatures. The demand for coal also created a need for more efficient methods of transport. Those methods of transport used the steam engine. This allowed people to gather and use resources from further away and more efficiently.
The locomotive engine could generate more power and carry heavier loads. This made it one of the best options for delivering raw materials, such as coal, or the transport of people over long distances.
The tracks were designed to be uniform and that all the trains and their carriages would have to comply with the same design. The tracks also had to be separated to allow for carriages of different size to pass each other. Stephenson also created a timetable for all trains on his lines to follow and double tracks to avoid any collisions.
