1. What allowed the colonies to become more financially independent from Great Britain?

O

Trade with France

O

Extensive smuggling networks

O Many taxes that raised money for the government

O

The ability to create all their own products

Many taxes that raised money for the Government.

Explanation:

The secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton was instrumental in raising revenue for the state through taxation and this same step was followed by his successors such as Alexander Dallas. This policy ensures the lengthening of the financial independence of the U.S.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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