In characterizing the period from 1450 to 1750 in the West, which of the following statements is NOT accurate?
A) What was once an agricultural society had become a predominantly manufacturing economy.
B) Government powers had expanded as nation-states began to evolve.
C) Science came to form the centerpiece of Western intellectual life.
D) The popular outlook, including ideas about personality and family as well as concepts of nature, had shifted
Ans: A) What was once an agricultural society had become a predominantly manufacturing economy.
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