At the end of the Revolutionary War,
A) captured British troops were herded into large prison camps where they served life sentences for their treachery.
B) a strong, new national government began immediately to keep the economy running smoothly with careful regulation.
C) a postwar depression severely hurt small farmers and many others.
D) the condition of the economy was largely the same as it had been before the war.
E) a period of tremendous economic prosperity began.
Answer: C