b ii only : increasing sea trade with India And South East Asia
Benjamin Franklin was the one who did this.
The Smoot-Hawley tariff, passed in June 1930, raised import tariffs to unprecedented levels, which virtually closed the US borders to foreign products. This generated a counterpart of the other countries, which also imposed tariffs on American products
Because Jefferson was one of the figureheads of an independent america and the fact that he was the second vice president it was an obvious choose for most people. Jefferson being a member of the democratic republican party took the floor from former president who was a Federalist.
Also if this was for e2020 someone will answer with the sample answer
