Which of the following is true about seventeenth-century British North America's consumer culture?
Select one:

a) Status was communicated through traditional signs of prosperity such as houses land and livestock.
b) Regulations on production lessened the availability of consumer goods.
c) Titles and rank remained a major marker of status.
d) Social status was increasingly communicated through the purchase of consumer goods.
e) Consumer goods were only within the reach of the very wealthy.

In seventeenth-century British North America, consumer culture was not as developed as it would become in later centuries. During this time, social status and wealth were often communicated through traditional signs of prosperity such as property ownership, including houses, land, and livestock. Consumer goods were not as widely available or as diverse as they would later become, and regulations on production were not as restrictive as to significantly limit their availability. And titles and rank did play a role in social status, but they were not necessarily the primary marker, as material possessions were not as readily accessible to all levels of society.