Why Is Caribbean Cuisine Full of French, Dutch, English and Spanish

Why is Caribbean cuisine full of French, Dutch, English and Spanish influences?

A) The slaves brought there came from those other places.
B) They each ruled different islands, and sometimes the same islands, over a period of a few years.
C) In order to share the wealth with European nations, the islands were divided among the various countries.
D) Those countries were the first to discover some of the different islands.