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Question 1

In negotiating the boundaries for the new American nation, the British
 
  a. adopted an inflexible stance that led to restrictive boundaries.
  b. completely ignored the territorial rights of their Indian allies.
  c. ceded large amounts of territory to France.
  d. ceded the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi to Spain.

Question 2

Eighteenth-century technical advances in the textile industry included
 
  a. John Kay's flying shuttle.
  b. Richard Arkwright's spinning machine.
  c. Samuel Crompton's spinning mule.
  d. Edmund Cartwright's power loom.
  e. all of the above




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