The decline of the Brazilian sugar industry by the late seventeenth century was primarily because of

A) soil exhaustion.
B) competition from more efficient Caribbean plantations and refineries.
C) continual indigenous attacks on plantations.
D) burdensome royal export taxes on sugar.


B

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What were Benito Mussolini’s original politics and what did he do for a living?

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What will be an ideal response?

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Feelings of states' rights were so strong in the South that it was impossible for the Confederate government to take any steps toward centralization.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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