COLONIAL INCOMES, GROWTH-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS, PP. 113-114 (31)

Question 1

A welfare ratio measures

Question 2

Compared to the incomes of unskilled workers
in London, colonial Philadelphia’s unskilled
workers made

Question 3

How did wages for unskilled workers in colonial
Boston compare to those in colonial
Philadelphia?

Question 4

Which of the following colonies had comparable
unskilled-labor wages to London by the 1770s,
according to a 2012 study?

Question 5

Which of the following factors MOST influenced
high incomes in the colonies that would become
the United States?

Question 6

During the colonial period, the population of the
future United States experienced

Question 7

Formal laws and social customs are examples of
economic

Question 8

At its formation, the British colony at
Jamestown lacked

Question 9

How did the Jamestown Colony originally
distribute output?

Question 10

10. Through the 1700s, most technology used in the
    United States was

Question 11

A key element of the emergence of American
technology was the new nation’s

Question 12

In what area did Samuel Morse’s best-known
invention operate?

Question 13

Who patented a sewing machine in 1846?

Question 14

How many patents did Thomas Edison receive
during his lifetime?

Question 15

Which of the following inventions came LAST?