What Was the Most Significant Factor Contributing to the Consumer

question 78

Multiple Choice

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

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