The answer is increases.
By increasing the decentralized power, the Voters/Citizens will became less involved in the regulation process.
In this situation, The government who held the final say for the potential regulations will only made the regulation that benefit a certain groups/people that contribute the most to their campaign.
It persuaded the colonist to support the war by claiming afterwards they would not be ruled by Britain.
It is D because we have so much ocean in between us and other countries and such a strong navy, they couldn't reach us.
