An oil company purchased an option on land in Alaska. Preliminary geologic studies assigned the following prior probabilities.                                                                                                                                                  After 200 feet of drilling on the first well, a soil test is taken. The probabilities of finding the soil identified by the test follow.  P (high-quality oil / soil) = ………………………….. Note: use Bay’s theorem in this part.

  Why were so many enslaved men, women, and children often crowded into very small spaces aboard slave ships?  

  A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was  

  Which statement is accurate about France’s involvement in the Revolutionary War?  

  Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade’s effect in West Africa?  

  What was the primary English objective with regard to Native Americans?  

  What was an important impetus for English empire building in North America?  

  Poor and working-class English people generally hoped that emigrating to America would provide  

  How did the inexpensive land of the newly formed Pennsylvania colony affect Maryland and Virginia?  

Choose from one of the essay prompts below. In a minimum of three paragraphs, answer all parts of the prompt.   1. Explain the reasons behind the various conflicts between the English and the Indians. How do differing perceptions of land and liberty fit into the story? How do trade and religion play a part?   2. Many degrees of freedom coexisted in seventeenth-century North America. Discuss the various definitions of freedom. Be sure to include enslaved people, indentured servants, women, Indians, property owners, and Puritans in your discussion. Identify any similarities and differences among these different versions of freedom.   3. Compare the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Explore the various reasons for the colonists’ emigrating to the New World, their economies, gender roles, demographics, religion, and relations with the Indians. How did land ownership compare from one region to the other? Which pattern of settlement is more representative of American development after the seventeenth century?