In contrast to the Chesapeake colonies, those in New England
a. had a more diversified economy.
b. expanded westward in a less orderly fashion.
c. had a more ethnically mixed population.
d. were more oriented toward the individual than toward community interests.
e. followed the land use pattern established by the local Indians.
Question 2
Points of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845-1846 included
a. damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government.
b. the immigration of Mormons into Mexican territory.
c. exclusion of Mexico from the Oregon boundary settlement.
d. the refusal of the Mexican government to receive President Polk's envoy, John Slidell, and consider President Polk's offer to purchase California from Mexico.
e. American annexation of Texas.
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