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.

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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