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Sumptuary Rules In America

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There is no proof of any sumptuary rules in the United States. According to elizabethan.org, Sumptuary rules prevented people of certain status groups from dressing in certain clothing’s. These rules also set standards for marriage and other cultural practices. The reason these rules were put into play was to help control the spending. I can understand why there is no sumptuary rules in place in America at this time. We are the land of the free, therefore we do not have restrictions or rules like sumptuary rules that we should have to abide by. We are free to wear what we want. As I was doing research on the reasons of why these rules or laws were put into play, According to Elizabethan.org, I found that it was a way to be able to distinguish
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