While all 3 of B, C, and D played some roll in their decisions, C and D are the only to possible ones in my eyes as secession was not a hot button issue until Carolina's calls for it. I'd reckon it's a 50-50 between C and D, so I'd choose D.
The correct answer is Pablo Picasso.
This particular piece is named The Three Musicians, and it is one of the two similar pieces produced by Picasso in Fontainebleau near Paris in 1921. The picture represents a Harlequin, a Pierrot and a Monk and it is a good example of Synthetic Cubist style.
<span>The Massachusetts General Court passed higher taxes to pay off the state’s Revolutionary War debts. The state required that the taxes be paid in gold and silver rather than paper currency, goods, or produce. Many farmers and other citizens did not have enough gold or silver to pay these taxes.</span>
It is B, many of the caudillos governed with iron fist for instance Francisco Solano Lopez in Paraguay. Democracy took long to be achieved and places like Cuba and Venezuela are not democracies nowadays, although they enjoyed democractic periods in their existence.