C. He persuaded the town's council members to reject the company's plan.
Explain: He knew that if the company drilled into the earth and made factories to get oil that it would damage the wildlife. He also knew that it would upset the farmers (which were 60% of the people in the town). So he talked to the council and they realized what an important decision this would be.
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(it is all in the last paragraph if you need to look for it)
William of Normandy was obviously a French conqueror, so his own people tended to see him more favorably than the English. He came to England, killed its ruler, and took the throne for himself (thus becoming William I), so the English may have seen him as a usurper and a tyrant, whereas the French saw him as a victorious hero. This all happened in 1066, at the Battle of Hastings.
