D. It imposed taxes on merchants who used gold trade routes that passed through Ghana
*ok I'm Australian I'm just basing what I know of this from what I've read and heard from the musical* ok so basically Hamilton was in control of the capital and to raise it he needed tariffs (tax) from certain people, therefore tariff would help him get ahead of Jefferson and Madison who had control of the banks (I think)
C. The continuation of African traditions in the U.S.
The best and correct answer would be It was in an area of the world that emperors did not want to conquer. This is a strong country with brave emperors which the other countries do not want to deal with.
