The situation of the American colonies in the 1760s could best be described by which of the following?
A) ?Enforcement of earlier Navigation Acts seriously undermined the colonial economy.
B) ?Immigration and an economic depression contributed to unrest on the frontier.
C) ?Laws such as the Woolen Act and the Molasses Act ensured that most of the colonies' wealth was returned to the mother country.
D) ?None of these statements are true.
B
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A) tariff. B) income tax. C) quitrent. D) foreign property tax.
Smith's theory about how human society moves from barbarism to civilization is called his ________ theory
A. laissez-faire B. deist C. four-stage D. empirical
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A) purchasing English manufacturing goods. B) producing staple crops for export to England. C) becoming economically self-sufficient within the empire. D) supplying valuable raw materials to England.