The English System of Market Overt and Fairs

question 43

Multiple Choice

The English system of market overt and fairs

• A) were initially transferred to American shores where goods and services could be bought and sold legally without an official witness
• B) flourished in the late colonial economy because of their foundation of protective regulations.
• C) replaced the rule of caveat emptor in colonial America because they covered fraud.
• D) firmly planted themselves in colonial America and continue to guide market transactions today.

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