The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Be it enacted…That from and after [December 25,1733] there shall be raised,levied,collected and paid,unto and for the use of his Majesty…upon all rum or spirits of the produce or manufacture of any of the colonies or plantations in America…the sum of nine pence,money of Great Britain…for every gallon thereof,and after that for any greater or lesser quantity: and upon all molasses or syrups of such foreign produce or manufacture…"
The Molasses Act,May 17,1733
-The excerpt could best be used as evidence to support which of the following claims?

A) British colonists resisted the government's attempt to regulate trade in this period.
B) Mercantilism was an effective economic system in the 17^th century.
C) The British government attempted to regulate colonial economics in the 17^th century.
D) Salutary neglect led to the desire for American independence.