The answer is D because, that is the only answer that shows history in the light of great activity. B and C are irrelevant and A, means they were being controlled.
C. A large land mass that juts out from a continent. Think of it like a mini continent.
Voltaire did the treatise
One reason was the new forest laws.when the colonial govn. prevented people from entering the reserved forests,the iron smelters could not find wood for charcoal and could not get iron ore
D seems the most likely answer