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In 2007, the United States exported more goods than any other country in the world. T/F

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The statement about the U.S. exporting more goods than any other country in 2007 is false; the U.S. has experienced a trade deficit since the late 1970s. Additionally, 18th-century North American colonists did rely on imports from Britain.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement 'In 2007, the United States exported more goods than any other country in the world' is false. International trade and the export/GDP ratio have risen from 1960 to 2007 in the United States from 3.6% to 12.4%. However, by the late 1970s, the United States began importing more goods than it exported, leading to a trade deficit that became quite large in the late 1990s and mid-2000s. This indicates that the United States was not the leading exporter of goods in the year mentioned.

Regarding colonial North America, statement 2.B is True. Most colonists in the eighteenth century North America were not largely self-sufficient and relied on importing a variety of consumer goods from Britain.

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