Why are the characters there? (The prologue From The Canterbury tales)

Who believed that the best economic system was one in which businesses compete to gain profit with minimal or no government control? a.thomas hobbes b.john locke c.adam smith d.jean-jacques rousseau

In a command economy, people are not free toa buy consumer goods.b work in factories.c make production or monetary choices.d receive an education.

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.