States had emerged as an uncontested authority in Europe.
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I'm not sure if the option is written correctly, but to me it looks more like (A. Stopped Colonist from moving West** (I think you mean)
It wasn't necessarily punishment for starting the war, It was more of Britain prohibiting their colonist from moving Westward into the lands acquired from the French and Indian War that was largely populated by Native Americans.
And we know it's not D, because later Taxes would help finance the recovery from the war, and it's not C because it has nothing to do with mercantilism.
The slavery known to Africans prior to European contact did not involve a belief in inferiority of the slaves. Most slaves in West Africa were captured in war.
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At the time the vast majority of the Texian population favored the annexation of the Republic by the United States. His official motivation was to outmaneuver suspected diplomatic efforts by the British government for emancipation of slaves in Texas, which would undermine slavery in the United States..
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