The New England Colonies Became Increasingly Difficult for England to Control

The New England colonies became increasingly difficult for England to control because

A) as a predominately Catholic territory, New England had serious religious issues with the crown.
B) the Church of England had no regulatory devices in New England.
C) New England refused to pay a tax to the Crown.
D) New Englanders had grown accustomed to a lack of British authority.
E) New Englanders were an ethnically diverse population.