Author Question: The standard of living rose for all property-owning Americans in the colonies in the eighteenth ... (Read 58 times)

awywial · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

The scientific societies that flourished throughout Europe

a. had their members perform experiments, listen to scientific papers, and collect samples of rarities.
b. permitted only men of wealth, position, and social rank to dabble in science or try to become a scientist.
c. developed exclusively in large political centers.
d. were uniform in their emphases, functions, and membership.
e. allowed aristocratic women to join as full members by the 1660s.

Question 2

The standard of living rose for all property-owning Americans in the colonies in the eighteenth century for which of the following reasons?

a. Overseas demand for American exports never slowed during the course of the century.
b. The passage of tax reform legislation by Parliament gave the American colonists more spendable income.
c. Instead of buying expensive British imports, the colonists bought less expensive goods manufactured andcrafted in the colonies.
d. The price of British manufactured goods fell relative to the incomes of Americans.