22. Indentured servitude was (a) Only ended through manumission (b) Forced labor

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22. Indentured servitude was (a) Only ended through manumission (b) Forced labor at zero wages (c) Only used in the Southern colonies (d) A labor contract between an immigrant and a ship's owner who carried the immigrant to the colonies, sold to a buyer at the end of the journey to the colonies 23. Mercantilists believed that (a) Guilds were not a good way to organize skilled labor (b) Monopolies and guilds promoted trade that was good for the empire (c) Free trade was the route to economic growth (d) Monopolies would slow economic expansion of the empire 24. The Enlightenment was: (e) Grounded in the idea that God ordained the rules of nature, science, and government (b) Grounded in the idea that there was no "divine right to rule," and that science and human behavior were governed by natural laws (c) An extension of the mercantilist belief in "divine right to rule" (d) An anti-science movement prevalent during the Dark Ages 25. According to the thinking of Enlightenment economists (a) Markets and trade should be heavily regulated (b) Only the King and his government could determine the patterns of trade for a country (c) A free market is the best way to regulate trade (d) Guilds and monopolies promoted economic growth 26. The British tax on tea and restricted import of tea to their North American Colonies was in line with (a) The nature of free markets advocated by the Enlightenment (b) The Mercantalist emphasis on protecting the empire (c) A provision of the new U.S. constitution as it was written in the 1780's (d) A harmonilous, continuing relationship between the colonies and the British Empire 27. Alexander Hamilton's "Assumption Plan was intended to: (a) Provide revenues to the new republic through taxes and tariffs (b) Provide a series of lighthouses along the eastern seaboard (c) Pay off the states' debts (d) Pay off the states' debts using revenues from taxes and tariffs

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22. Option B

An indentured servant is an employee of unfree labor who is bound by a signed/forced contract (indenture) to work for a particular employer for a fixed time.

23. Option B

Monopolies and guilds promoted trade that was good for the empire

24. Option B

Governed by natural laws and 'divine law to rule'

25. Option C

Free market is the best to regulate trade

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