The government's first independent source of revenue under the Articles of Confederation was
a. land sales provided for in the land ordinances of 1784, 1785, and 1787.
b. the sale of British and Spanish ships captured during the Revolution.
c. an import duty recommended by Robert Morris and approved by the Confederation Congress over the states'objections to avert collapse of the nation's
monetary system.
d. reparations from Great Britain provided for in the Treaty of Paris.
a
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a. Women did not have the right to enter into contracts. b. Very few women survived the transatlantic crossing. c. Women were uninterested in becoming indentured servants. d. Virginia planters preferred to purchase persons capable of hard agricultural labor.
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A) more property rights B) more restrictive lives C) less independence D) fewer job opportunities
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a. Taxation, self-rule, and trade restrictions b. Slavery c. Few colonists clung to any hope of accommodation with Great Britain d. The coronation of a new king e. The rise to power of radical patriots in the American colonies
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A. the process of assigning numbers to characteristics of people B. quantitative research C. qualitative research D. an experiment