The Ruling in McCulloch vs. Maryland was significant because the supreme court :
It's either A or D but when we went over this in my class last year, the primary answer was
A.) Declared it's right to review the constitutionality of laws. :)
They threatened the islands to stop trading with Britain to try to stop the original taxes but it only stopped the imports and exports by a 97% margin. Britain outsmarted them by stopping all shipping to the colonies, which means they failed; because it caused them to have less stocked resources at the start of the Revolutionary War.
They both had money spending problems by buying huge amounts of almonds
I believe the answer to this question is C.
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