Using the clues in the following sentence, choose the earliest date you could pick in order to put this statement into historical context.

“We were no longer afraid of threats from Europe and might well have chosen to beat our swords into plowshares, but that Colt and Deere had removed the necessity for either.”

A:1854
B:1823
C:1837
D:1833

Question

Using the clues in the following sentence, choose the earliest date you could pick in order to put this statement into historical context.

“We were no longer afraid of threats from Europe and might well have chosen to beat our swords into plowshares, but that Colt and Deere had removed the necessity for either.”

A:1854
B:1823
C:1837
D:1833

anonymous · Answer

Id have to say A

anonymous · Answer

It is A. Colt's patent firearms manufacturing company was operational between 1847 and 1860. Since there is only one date that falls between these, and since the sentence makes it clear that guns were widely used in the given era, the answer is 1854.