3. Why did the United States start focusing on gross domestic product instead of gross national product?

GDP is an important figure because it gives an idea of whether the economy is growing or contracting. The United States uses GDP as its key economic metric and has since 1991; it replaced GNP to measure economic activity because GDP was the most common measure used internationally.

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a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.