The correct answer is A) Increased free speech led to changes in popular opinion. During the French Revolution of 1848, this period of time touched on the Enlightenment Age where people such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire were prominent and who were two philosophers who wrote many texts about the equality of citizens. This was very close to home for the French citizens who were leading miserable lives due to the expenses the French monarchy (an extremely tiny percent of the population vs. the 97 percent population of the proletariat) who were spending unabashedly, while the majority of French people barely had anything to eat.
Americans were opposed to a national government because they thought that a stronger government threatened the sovereignty and prestige of the states, localities, or individuals.
Answer: A. It banned colonial assembly.
Explanation:
The British government viewed the Colony of Massachusetts as a threat due to its continued defiance of British mandates and its seemingly leading role in the rebellion of the other colonies to British directives as well.
The last straw to the British was the Boston Tea Part after which Parliament passed the Massachusetts Government Act of 1774 which placed Massachusetts directly under the control of a Royal governor who had absolute powers and suspended the Colonial assembly in order to remove any illusion of self-governance the people had.
