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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.
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They wanted to explore the country and gain from its natural resources. They also felt like they could expand their country and become a more powerful nation. The americas were also believed to have hidden treasures at the time. Many believed that they coiukld gain wealth and respect by erstablishing a society there.
One characteristic unique to Olmec culture is that they produced stone heads of colossal size. These were carved in Basalt and all of them display unique facial feature so that they can be considered portraits of actual rulers. The heads can be nearly 3 meters high and 8 tons in weight, and the stone from which they were carved was in some cases transported 80 km or more using huge balsa river rafts.
They also liked to mix animals to create wonderful creatures such as were-jaguars, a cross between a human and a jaguar, which may have been their supreme deity. It is known they also liked to drink chocolate.
