The British did all of the following things mentioned in the question above.
Key basic industries, such as railroads, textiles, and steel had barely made a profit. Railroads lost business to new forms of transportation (trucks, buses, and private automobiles, for instance). Coal mining was especially hard-hit, in part due to stiff competition from new forms of energy, including hydroelectric power, fuel oil, and natural gas.
The best answer for this would be:
That the significance of the repeal of the tax was to lessen
the rebellion of the people. The Whiskey Rebellion was caused because the
people to pay for increased taxes which they did not agree on. Jefferson
claimed that the bureaucracy was unnecessary.
My guess would be A. Struggling financially wouldn't benefit a colony in any way, let alone give way of the opportunity for becoming a royal colony.
