the awnser is b because The group subsequently became active in the third-party movement that culminated in the formation of the People's (or Populist) Party in 1891–92. Farmers and stockmen formed the Southern Farmers' Alliance in Lampasas County, Texas, as early as 1874 or as late as 1877, according to various sources.
The british government tried to end the smuggling of sugar and molasses from the french and dutch west indies in order to increase prices on imported products to america.