The Plantation Duty Act was passed in response to
A) ?an increasing slave trade.
B) ?smugglers in the North American colonies who evaded trade regulations.
C) ?the need for colonial legislatures to be funded by property taxes levied on plantations.
D) ?Dutch pirates who attacked British ships.
E) ?an increase in sugar imports from Spanish colonies.
B
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a) prior status as a slave b) property qualifications c) literacy tests d) poll taxes
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A) remained the same B) diminished C) shifted towards Asia D) greatly increased
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