Consider the assertion and reasoning and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Indigo plantations expanded rapidly across many parts of North and South America by the seventeenth century. Reasoning (R): The high demand and stiff competition from Indian indigo led European producers to pressure their governments to ban the import of indigo altogether to protect local alternative dyes.

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