Matthew Smith

Assignment 4-18-16

1.) 75% cotton, 25% linen

2.) 8.7 tons
3.) 10 cents
4.) 4000 times
5.) 5.8 years
6.) The theory, derived from a study of old manuscripts, is that the "S" gradually came to be
written over the "P," of the Mexican or Spanish Peso developing a close equivalent of
the "$" mark
7.) Because people wanted to hold on to coin currency for the value of the metals and the
people needed a way to pay debts to the government
8.) 317 years
9.) Martha Washington
10.) 1957
11.) Benjamin Franklin