Well, I can tell you for sure that a is not the answer. But I think the answer would be b.
Answer:
MANKIND being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance: the distinctions of rich and poor may in a great measure be accounted for, and that without having recourse to the harsh ill-sounding names of oppression and avarice. Oppression is often the CONSEQUENCE, but seldom or never the MEANS of riches; and tho' avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.
They lost responsibility for some areas that they felt were hard to
manage, so these areas would now be developed but not using their own
budget. They were also glad about the fact there were now more
settlements between themselves and Spanish Florida, which many in South
Carolina viewed as a threat.
