I think it is a but I could be wrong
The correct answer is A.) an export of Western culture.
It is not the most popular one because the most popular ones are the free market and famous brands as well as music and movies and things like that. It is not the economic basis for it because there are western countries that fully democratic and yet have more socialist tendencies when it comes to economy so the two are not as related. It is not accepted into the Middle east, or at least not in all countries.
The colonists criticized the Stamp Acts as "taxation without representation", because the colonists did not have consent over this form of taxation imposed on them. It was a decision made in the British Parliament without anyone representing the colonies when this decision was upheld.
Hmm. The impact would've been HUGE. Because you're coming face to face with the person you're going to KILL. Sometimes people aren't really affected by death and that's mostly what i think that THESE people are. (For the evidence, I can't see the text but i'm sure you can do something!)