Why Did the British Shift Their Strategic Focus to Their

Why did the British shift their strategic focus to their military effort in the South?

A) They wanted to protect their settlements in Florida and the Caribbean from the Patriots.
B) They urgently needed to escape the frigid conditions of Canada.
C) They sought to destroy rebel plantations that allowed enslaved African Americans to go free.
D) They believed that Loyalists were more numerous in the South.
E) They would never resort to harming American civilians living in the countryside and could rally them to their side.