A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. The majority of states in the world have a unitary system of government.
Answer:
A. The British hoped the colonies would become wealthier and spend more on manufactured goods from Britain.
Explanation:
The British government relaxed rules regulating trade for the American colonies in the late 1600s because the British hoped the colonies would become wealthier and spend more on manufactured goods from Britain.
The correct answer is expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world. The strategy of containment turned then into the cold war.