<span>I believe it is A. It was the first direct tax imposed on American Colonists.
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People are able to communicate across the globe very quickly without having to call each other and pay a lot of money for long-distance calls
Large companies took over the mining because Congress passed laws granting underground mining rights to certain companies.
Explanation:
US was in the middle of a gold and oil rush as a lot of resources were discovered on the US sol by industrialist who moved into the towns and built big industries around the mines and mined the resources.
This became a hegemony of big companies because the Congress passed laws to grant the underground mining rights to certain companies only.
This made the business a hegemonic one.
It was primarily "Henry Hudson" who <span>explored North America and the Arctic, although there were of course many other explorers as well. This is where the "Hudson River" gets its name. </span>
