The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 27

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Be it enacted…That from and after [December 25,1733] there shall be raised,levied,collected and paid,unto and for the use of his Majesty…upon all rum or spirits of the produce or manufacture of any of the colonies or plantations in America…the sum of nine pence,money of Great Britain…for every gallon thereof,and after that for any greater or lesser quantity: and upon all molasses or syrups of such foreign produce or manufacture…"
The Molasses Act,May 17,1733
-The taxes described in the excerpt were directly the result of

• A) an accommodation of Native American culture by British colonists.
• B) the promotion of Protestant evangelicalism throughout the colonies.
• C) growing reliance on African slaves as a labor source in the Americas.
• D) internal and external challenges and competition to the British empire.

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