During the American Revolution, the Pennsylvania legislature enacted price controls on essential commodities. The result of this legislation was

a. a large increase in the availability of those items, ending shortages.
b. a severe shortage of those essential commodities.
c. an increase in the price of those items, thus alleviating shortages.
d. new efforts to increase production of those commodities.
e. a minor inconvenience as persons adjusted to the new law.


b

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