Use the excerpt from the 1733 Molasses Act to answer the question.
Laws like the Molasses Act in the excerpt caused many colonists to respond by
A. reluctantly obeying the laws, causing high levels of poverty and scarcity.
B. vigorously protesting the laws, organizing revolts that ended unity.
C. ignoring the laws, leading to a profitable system of smuggling.
D. petitioning for a change to the laws, strengthening the local government.
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