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Monarchs used various means to centralize power. They expanded the royal domain and set up a system of royal justice that undermined feudal or Church courts. They organized a government bureaucracy, developed a system of taxes, and built a standing army.
Explanation:
The correct answer should be showed a lifestyle that consumers tried to copy. There were so many new products and the market was growing and the advertisement agencies wanted to show what a great lifestyle is, and why people should copy it or behave like the people in the commercials.
It was the time of manifest destiny, the government was bent on expanding America, so they invaded mexico in 1846 for land. They (Texan rebels) also had Texas join the US since they couldn't live on their own for a while in texas I guess