The American colonies would have been ruled by a king.
"The continual increase in the arrest rate of drug users" is the one reason among the choices given in the question that was the <span>most likely cause of a shift in drug policy during the Obama administration. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or the penultimate option.</span>
<span>Geosphere <span>is considered as one of the portions of the Earth's system which
covers the Earth’s interior, minerals and rocks, the different landforms and
the processes that forms the surface of the Earth. It is the external part of
the Earth that constitutes the crust and upper mantle. The geosphere or lithosphere is about 35 mi (55km) thick
beneath the ocean and up to approximately 124 mi (200 km) thick beneath the
continents. </span></span>
(See attached file for more details about geosphere)