The British Decided to Negotiate an End to the Revolutionary

The British decided to negotiate an end to the Revolutionary War because

A) they were crushed by the failure of their army at Yorktown.
B) there were indications that the Americans might settle for peace terms short of complete independence.
C) they were suffering heavy military losses against the French and Spanish elsewhere.
D) the new Whig British ministry now in power was more pro-American than the previous Tory government.
E) they appreciated that Britain's geopolitical priority was to prevent France from obtaining enhanced political and economic influence in North America through their new alliance with the United States.