In 1921, After Three Years of Fighting Irish Republicans, the British

In 1921, after three years of fighting Irish republicans, the British drew up a treaty that

A) made Ireland a self-governing dominion and let Northern Ireland retain seats in the British Parliament.
B) thoroughly ignored the distribution of religious minorities in Ireland.
C) finally recognized the Irish Free State, only to see the treaty rejected by the northern counties that contained Protestant majorities.
D) called for a cessation of hostilities and established a twenty-year timetable for Irish independence.