Answer:
B) A political regime where most political power effectively rests with a small segment of society.
Explanation:
A few people or a small group has power over their country.
I believe it's because the British Empire inconsistent treatment.
At first, British empire treated the colonists fairly and both of them developed a mutually beneficial relationship with one another.
After 1763, the British Empire issued a regulation that banned the Colonists to issue their own paper money, which make it realy hard for the colonists to pay off their debt.
