The easier it is to maintain a working product or fix a broken product, the more serviceable that product will appear. This also makes sense when you think about the different products which you have used in your life where they each have had different levels of serviceability.
Our religion, the food we eat, the clothe we wear and how we wear them, the music we sing, language, what we believe is right or wrong, how we seat on tables, how we greet vistors, how we behave with our loved ones and millions more, all contributed to american culture.
B. The Ohio River Valley was near the coast and offered trade opportunities.
The intolerable acts were a result of the Boston Tea party. The British closed the harbor only allowing firewood. British Military could be tried outside of Massachusetts for manslaughter and British commanders could house their soldiers in private dwellings (Ex. your home) if they wished.