Which of the Following Were Factors Motivating English Regulation of Their

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were factors motivating English regulation of their overseas trade during the second half of the seventeenth century?

A) sugar in Barbados and tobacco in Virginia had become quite profitable
B) a desire to capture an increased share of the trade between Europe and the Americas
C) the development of the English navy as the largest navy in the world
D) a desire to rival the Dutch, whom the English saw as a mortal threat
E) All of these are correct.