It will be easy about me, why do you think? As an independent sovereign Ivan lll began to behave towards the Tatars. In 1476. He refused to pay them an annual tribute and entered into an alliance with the Crimean Khan, an enemy of the Golden Horde. Standing on the Ugra (1480) put an end to the Mongol-Tatar yoke. The Russian state acquired formal sovereignty.
D because interest free would be a good thing
I will say it's C. It extended over three major continents.
The low tax allowed the company to sell its tea even more cheaply than what was being smuggled into country
