C the state could not raise money by collecting taxes
For the very reason that us as Americans have been in this two-party system for so long that we would want to keep this tradition rather than to add another party, and oppose eachother even more. Also, voters feel that having a third party vote is irrelevant because it is less likely to be voted for and won over.
Impressment refers to when members of the British navy kidnapped American soldiers and forced them to work for the British military. This was one of the most significant causes of the War of 1812. At the end of the war, soldiers who were kidnapped and property that was stolen was given back to their respective country.