They hoped to gain natural resources.
I'm pretty sure its B. the US believed Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 but the Afghan government wouldn't hand him over to the US.
The main thing that distinguish romanticsm and the enlightment is the basis of action. The Enlightment relied on rational thought and objective facts while Romanticsm relied on emotion and subjectivity.
So, the match would be:
Enlightment
2. the importance of reason and science in studying society
3. an intellectual and artistic movement <span>
</span><span>5. questioning of the absolute control of monarchs
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Romanticsm
<span>1. national identity based on language or culture
</span><span>4. democratic principles based on basic human rights
</span>6a response to the ideals of rationalism
The answer is "a) The law was the first direct tax imposed on the American colonists."