After the Battle of Saratoga, British Prime Minister Lord North

After the Battle of Saratoga, British Prime Minister Lord North responded to the colonies with

A) an offer of a British surrender if the Americans would remain part of the empire.
B) an offer to return to the pre-1763 British policies if the colonies would quit the war.
C) an offer of complete colonial home rule within the empire if they would quit the war.
D) a threat to destroy all American forces if they refused to negotiate a peace treaty.
E) a threat to foment a slave rebellion in the South if the American forces did not quit the war.