The statements in the box were arguments in *governments should not try to control most business decisions. *economies would do best if governments left businesses alone and allowed people to make deals, start companies, and take risks when they see opportunities. *businesses that want to make money should produce the goods that are in demand. *competition is good because it makes businesses more efficiet and keep prices down. a) adam smith's "the wealth of nations" b) john locke's "two treatises on government" c) baron de montesquieu's "the spirit of the laws" d) thomas jefferson's "notes on the state of virginia"

they supported black codes so the answer is a or b

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.