Why can the potter’s wheel be considered one of the first mechanical and technological breakthroughs in history? it allowed artisans to produce uniformly shaped vessels in short periods of time. it enabled clay to be fired to a hot enough temperature to be hardened. it provided an alternative to creating vessels by casting metal. it created an adequately smooth surface for pots to be painted.

Option:  It allowed artisans to produce uniformly shaped vessels in short periods of time.

Explanation:

According to the historian, the first potter's wheel was first produced by the ancient Sumerians in Mesopotamia between 6,000 to 4,000 B.C. Pottery had helped the artisans by reducing the time and efforts which required in making potteries out of clay. It also helped the artisans (pottery makers) in giving different shapes and sizes to vessels and pots.

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.