What was the most significant factor contributing to the Consumer Revolution?
A. The greater availability of manufactured goods
B. Industrialization made more goods available
C. Overseas trade with Asia and the Americas increased as colonies thrived
D. The transition to a cash economy
E. Revocation of the Sumptuary laws of the Middle Ages
Answer: D
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a) New England b) Pacific Northwest c) the South d) the West
George Grenville was replaced by Lord Rockingham, who was quickly replaced by Charles Townshend, who passed the _________ Acts. What was known as the Boston Massacre occurred soon after.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
After eight years of bloodshed, King William’s War ended __________
A) with the Iroquois in a dominant position B) with an English victory C) with a French victory D) in a stalemate
While Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan both championed the common man, Reagan differed from Franklin D. Roosevelt in that Roosevelt
a. saw big government as the foe of the common man, while Reagan named big business as the foe. b. appealed to the working class, while Reagan appealed primarily to the rich. c. advocated a "populist" political philosophy, while Reagan did not. d. branded big business as the enemy of the common man, while Reagan depicted big government as the foe. e. made effective use of the media to promote his message while Reagan did not.