The main reason that the colonists resented the acts imposed by the British Parliament on to them was that they felt they were being wrongly taxed without a proper voice in their government or "representation." This led to the coining of the phrase, "taxation without representation" which was a major slogan of the colonists against the taxation policies of the British Government.
The answer is B. an increase in the power of the federal government over the United States.
Because the colonial economy of early America was pre-industrial which was mainly characterized by subsistence farming. There were also farmhouses engaged in handcraft produce, mainly from home consummation. They also sold some goods (mainly gold)