The correct answer is D. They formed a blockade of American ports.
Great Britain issued a <em>seize and detain </em>order against rebel American shipping and then passed the <u>Prohibitory Act </u>(which banned all commerce with the rebel colonies and authorized the seizure of the American ships).
To enforce this undeclared commercial blockade, warships were sent to North America.
The original Athenian democracy did not survive, but it became a basis for many modern political systems. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, described democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.” which based on the Athenian democracy.
