I think the answer is B.
I haven’t taken the test, so please let me know if it’s correct or not. But based on reading the question and using what knowledge I have, I think it’s B.
I believe it is because if New England started a manufacturing industry, it could result in self-sufficient colonies, and England also wouldn't make money off of them.
Ex.
a) south produces raw material => sent to North => Raw materials processed and sold
b) south produces raw material => sent to England => England processes raw materials => can be sold to the colonies and other countries
This naturally led to the diffusion of multiple inventions, both those of the Mongols and those ideas the Mongols usurped from cultures they conquered. While the Mongols profited from the trade of silk and tea from China to Europe, they also spread the Chinese inventions of printing and paper.
The last one...."One that is accepted by its people and other governments as the sovereign authority of a nation."
Abraham Lincoln is my answer