Despite Some Economic Benefits of the Mercantile System, the American

Despite some economic benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists generally disliked it because it

A) forced the South into a one-crop economy.
B) favored the northern over the southern colonies.
C) required American colonists to display a measure of economic initiative and self-sufficiency as they were unable to demonstrate trading in international economic markets.
D) stifled economic initiative and imposed a rankling dependency on British government agents and creditors.
E) forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price.