【单选题】

The passage suggests that the view referred to in lines 8 - 11 argued that
A．(A) the colonial authority never sought to employ taxation in French Canada except as a means to retain a tenuous grip over British territory

B．(B) the Crown acted unwisely by increasing taxation and diminishing its gift-giving policy following the conclusion of the Seven Year's War
C．(C) Indian gift-giving and a reprieve from taxation were the sole means for the British of maintaining a territorial grip in French Canada
D．(D) the British never intended to limit their authority in French Canada except as a short-term strategy of retaining territorial control
E．(E) the colonial subjects in French Canada rejected British authority largely because they rescinded on the liberal policies implemented during the Seven Year's War