As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions ...

[jessicacav]

As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions prevailed in New England except that
 
  a. reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity.
  b. the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors.
  c. frugality became essential to economic survival.
  d. hard work was required to make a living.
  e. diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged.

Question 2

Britain was interested in developments in the Republic of Texas because
 
  a. an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States.
  b. Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry.
  c. Texas threatened British influence in Central America and northern South America.
  d. British abolitionists were pleased that the Republic of Texas had outlawed slavery.
  e. the British navy wanted bases at Galveston and Corpus Christi.

[Dominic]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a, b