The most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
a. iron making.
b. arms and munitions production.
c. lumbering.
d. rum distilling.
e. making clothes.
c
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What was the reaction of the American colonists to the Quebec Act?
A. The Americans regarded the Quebec Act as an attempt to prevent their mode of self-government from spreading beyond the Appalachian Mountains. B. The Americans felt that the Quebec Act would support their political plans. C. The Americans were threatened by the Quebec Act because it allied France to the Native Americans. D. The Americans embraced the Quebec Act as a precedent for resisting Britain.
Most of the battles fought during the Civil War occurred
A. along the Mississippi River.
B. in the Appalachian Mountains.
C. along the Atlantic Coast.
D. between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia.
E. Pennsylvania.
The higher incomes that accompanied the price revolution
a. resulted in lower prices of bread. b. created a rising demand for consumer goods. c. never trickled down to the peasants. d. stifled the production of non-food items. e. negatively impacted the spice trade.
Installment-plan purchasing
a. permitted many Americans to improve their living standard. b. represented a departure from traditional home economics. c. was encouraged by an unprecedented wave of advertising. d. was widespread among consumers. e. all of these choices.