The answer is B, the end of reconstruction. :)
England was only influential in theory because they practiced salutary neglect which means that they didn't bother the colonists as long as the colonies belonged to them and paid taxes. The types of governments depended on who the colony belonged to. Royal colonies listened to the parliament but Charter colonies often did what they wanted. England was influential only up until the point that people were willing to accept.
Sostre was believed to have been producing molotovs in his basement and organizing looting and arson and similar things so they arrested him. He was eventually moved to a different prison which enabled him to contact his lawyers more and the case developed and people started polarizing over the idea of whether he was a good guy or a bad guy.
