Question

Use the excerpt from the petition to Parliament to answer the question.

The author of the petition would MOST LIKELY agree with what reason for resisting British mercantilist policies?

A. British laws are too protectionist and hurt the colonies’ ability to provide for themselves.
B. British laws undermine colonial currency by inflating the costs of British manufactured goods.
C. British laws promote consumerism in order to secure more profits for British companies.
D. British laws require too much labor and don’t leave the colonists time for their own work.

Answer 1

I believe it might be. C. British laws promote consumerism in order to secure more profits for British companies.