Answer:
Military and diplomatic tensions diminished between 1972 and 1980 as the two superpowers engaged in dialogue, frecuent contacts and agreed to reduce their nuclear stockpiles (SALT Treaty) and to boost bilateral trade. US president Richard Nixon and Soviet secretary-general Leonid Brezhnev met at three summits between 1972 and 1974.
Explanation:
The Continental Congress hotly debated all these issues EXCEPT (B) Taxation.
Very abbreviated answer: The Black Death was another name for the plague, this claws caused by rats and lead to death of a large sum of the population.