What Was the Government's First Independent Source of Revenue Under

question 59

Multiple Choice

What was the government's first independent source of revenue under the Articles of Confederation?

• A) The sale of land.
• B) The sale of British and Spanish ships captured during the Revolution.
• C) Import duties.
• D) Reparations from Great Britain.

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Definitions:

Collenchyma

In plants, simple tissue composed of living cells with unevenly thickened walls; provides flexible support.

Pectin

A natural polysaccharide found in fruits, used as a gelling agent in food production.

Parenchyma

A type of plant tissue composed of living cells, usually having only thin primary walls and varying widely by morphology and metabolism.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with carbon dioxide and water, producing oxygen as a byproduct.