In response to higher taxes, tidewater tobacco planters
a. diversified into other crops, such as wheat.
b. moved to the West Indies.
c. started growing sugarcane.
d. demanded Parliament to raise tariffs on tobacco from the Mediterranean.
ANSWER: a
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