After some early trading expeditions, the first Dutch<span> settlement in the Americas was founded in 1615: Fort Nassau, on Castle Island along the Hudson, near present-day Albany. The settlement served mostly as an outpost for trading in fur with the native Lenape tribespeople, but was later replaced by Fort Orange.</span>
The answer is C - small forces used hit-and-run tactics which prevented the British from establishing complete control of the South.
This was also called a guerrilla tactic.