I think the best answer would be D. motif.
<span>Archetype is a very typical example of something, such as Hitler could be an archetype of evil. In a story-telling, archetype is a recurrent symbol or motif such as a typical good person or a typical bad person. </span>
It's D to divide the confederacy, it wa part of the anaconda plan. Step 1, blockade ports to prevent outside help. Step 2, split the south in half at the mississippi river (the battle of vicksburg was to capture a major control point of the mississippi completing step 2). Step 3, march on the capital city.
King Henry VII of England commissioned an exploration so that a northwest passage is found towards the Orient because the Ottomans had captured Constantinople which was of great importance trade wise and also the waters in the eastern part of the Mediterranean became very dangerous for sale. Because the English king did not wanted to pay huge commissions to the Ottomans so that English boats can pass by freely and safely, he wanted a new route to be found so that the trade can go on freely and by English terms, not someone else's.
<span>passage of a new excise tax
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