B) Two-thirds of both houses want it.
These guys basically plucked from a handful of "sinful wrongdoers" that they believed were to be punished by their own god, and yet took things into their hands. They'd accuse any woman as of being a witch. A servant girl, a sick old lady married to her servant, a homeless begger. And so forth. They played the game telephone and spread lies about anyone and everyone resulting in innocents dying.
1) protecting social welfare
2) economic reforms
3) economic efficiency
4) promoting moral improvement
C. The food supply in Elizabethan England.