After 1616, Virginia Shifted More and More Scarce Resources Out

question 35

True/False

After 1616, Virginia shifted more and more scarce resources out of food production and into tobacco production. Hence, the economic cost of tobacco production included the sacrifice of food production.

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Definitions:

Categorical Syllogism

A form of reasoning consisting of three statements - two premises followed by a conclusion, each statement categorically linking terms.

Conclusions

Statements or judgments that are arrived at after consideration of the evidence or arguments presented.

Premise

A premise is a statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.

Minor Term

In syllogistic logic, the term that appears in the conclusion and the minor premise but not in the major premise.