Answer: social and political consequences.
Its either A or D but i say more on A bc they needed more natural resources especially from the S Pacific since they were an island country
Should be A. The Castle System. Unless you're talking about the caste system, I've never heard of it.
One of the most infamous of these political machines was Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.