Which of the following best describes the condition of roads in the late 1700s?
a.
they had steadily improved from roman times through the middle ages to the late 1700s.
b.
they were muddy and rutted, inflicting on coach travelers bone-jarring injuries.
c.
they were in a bad state but it mattered little because no one used them.
d.
they had never been in better condition and spurred trade between cities and countries.

articles of confederation

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.