Licensing and Regulation of Business Activities by Colonial Governments

Multiple Choice

Licensing and regulation of business activities by colonial governments

A) occurred only infrequently.
B) was a common practice in early colonial times but the British eventually replaced it with a policy of laissez faire before the American Revolution.
C) was very common throughout the colonial period just as it is today.
D) is basically inconsistent with American concepts of freedom of enterprise and so has never been common practice in either colonial or modern times.