单项选择题

The author suggests that if George III had wanted to retain greater control over territory and politics in French Canada, he would have had to

A. establish a truce with his colonial competitors, such as France
B. foreswear the practice of taxation entirely
C. offer a greater degree of protection to non-European inhabitants
D. offer less authority to local power brokers in French Canada
E. find alternate means of raising revenues to finance a more powerful army