Which of the following would be considered a true statement regarding England's relationship with the colonies?
A. From the beginning, England took a strong interest in, and governance
over, its North American colonies.
B. All members of the English Parliament were concerned with how
colonists would react to increased taxes.
C. England fought the Seven Years' War in order to protect the North
American colonists from Prussian aggression.
D. Despite an early policy of salutary neglect, the North American colonists
were English subjects and therefore under any form of English rule.