Which One of the Following Spurred Increased European Interest in Colonizing

Which one of the following spurred increased European interest in colonizing North America?

A) national and religious rivalries
B) the growth of the agricultural class, whose leaders wanted to expand overseas and increase their share of world trade so that they could rid themselves of surplus crops
C) the desire to create far different societies than those that existed in Europe
D) the desire to spread universal freedom
E) the belief that Native Americans were not human and needed to be exterminated