I believe that it is B however, I'm not positive.
British settlements:
1) first colonies were charter colonies in Virginia
and Massachusetts.
2) colonists were farmers and tradesmen.
3) most colonists were Catholics.
French settlements:
1) first colonies were trading posts in
Newfoundland and parts of Canada.
2) colonists were fur traders, merchants and missionaries.
3) most colonists were non-Catholics.
East Africa is located by the Red Sea, which was and still is an important trade route, trade first began because of the Arab/Muslim migration from the Arabian Peninsula to East Africa(for example Ethiopia)