Demerits:
1)It creates disunity & factionalism
2)Candidates often use dirty tricks to discredit their opponents & win elections
3)Long term policies may become a casualty for electoral politics
4)Money power is often a crucial determinant of results in elections & smaller and independent candidates may not have sufficient resources to compete with big parties on equal terms.
5)Parties can even bribe the people with money or snacks for vote.
Merits:
1) It creates competition among parties to serve the people better.
2)People will have lot of options among various leaders.
3) People acn select a particular leader who can solve their problems.
4) Political Competition mostly benefits the people as parties will do their best to lure the people.
5) Poltical Competition leads to the development of the nation.
John Quincy Adams
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I'm pretty sure three of the causes were C, taxes, B, distance, and D, land. The colonists didn't like "taxation without representation" and also didn't like that a tiny island across the ocean was regulating their tea prices, among other things. I'm not entirely sure about D, but it is the one that makes the most sense.
The answer is B) because your not using any criminal code or doing anything wrong when it's the other persons fault it doesn't have anything to do with trying to address public safety so yeah its B). Process of elimination! Hope I helped!