I believe it is:
A. <span>The Indus government relied on hereditary kings and appointed governors.</span>
Those who wanted to invest heavily in plantation farming had to settle in areas that were arable, fertile and had conducive environment for agriculture. The majority of such lands was in the south and thus many farmers settled in the southern regions, unlike the northern region which was infertile, and only conducive for industries.
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The knights of labor was a union that stemmed from guilds created in the 1600 which consisted of artisans that would work together to set a price for their services. This benefitted both the individual artisan and the consumer.
The Navigation Acts required colonists to do most of their trading <span>with England.</span>
Answer:
A (to encourage them to assimilate into American culture)