One reason why the British ministry was ready to tighten controls on t

One reason why the British ministry was ready to tighten controls on the American colonies after 1763 is that, during the French and Indian War, the colonists had

A) refused to help supply British armies in North America.
B) traded illegally with the French and Spanish West Indies.
C) refused to allow their own militia to be used against regular French armies.
D) agreed on a policy of intercolonial union for the duration of the war.

ANSWER
B