They faced massive drought cattle death and a very nasty case of the black plauge
Children used to work in factories due to child labor. The men would be off fighting in wars and the women would work at factories or stayed at home. With children they didn't have to get paid because of their age and were treated badly. That is why they were chosen to start working in factories.
So that the north gets more money
I believe it is A. American colonists were required to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper including playing cards, legal documents, newspapers and other publications. The reason it is called the Stamp Act is because all of these papers had to be physically stamped to prove that they had paid the tax. So it has nothing to do with taxing postage stamps, so the answer should be A.