Americans Were Motivated to Form an Independent Nation for All

Americans were motivated to form an independent nation for all of the following reasons except

A) British taxes had so exploited and impoverished the colonial economies that they had every reason to fear being reduced to slaves.
B) The colonists had formed a unique society distinct from that of England.
C) Colonists had developed a well rounded economic system of their own.
D) Large sectors of the North American economy were becoming increasingly independent of England.
E) Colonists had developed their own governments, which they were not willing to give up.