the correct answer would be the letter choice A
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914.
- It created a demand for new raw materials which were often scarce in industrialized countries, thus leading many European nations to build colonies and expand their empires in other continents.
- Mass producing of products, enabling its populace greater mobility in commerce, trade, war, education, etc.
- It assured Western economic and military ascendancy
I think the Writs of Assistance let the British officials to have the authority to search for smuggled goods in colonists' homes.