<span>C. The United States was mostly untouched by the devastation of the war
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The Tariff of Abominations of 1828 was opposed mainly because "<span>(C) it hurt the sale of southern cotton," since the sale and trade of cotton from the American South was one of the most lucrative business ventures of the age. </span>
The correct answer is
<span>A. Made it easier to increase settlements
After the armada was defeated, the British army became the strongest naval force, which meant that they controlled the seas and how people went to the new world. This meant that they could have a monopoly on creating new settlements because they could transfer a lot more people than before.</span>
Rivers/streams, cotton, and slave labor