The passage suggests that the long-standing view referred to in the first paragraph argued that A. the colonial governors were sympathetic to the demands of the common people B. Charles II was a pivotal figure in the shift of English monarchs toward a more imperial policy in their governorship of the American colonies. C. the American Revolution was generated largely out of a conflict between the colonial upper classes and an alliance of merchants and small farmers D. the military did not play a major role as an instrument of colonial policy until 1763 E. the colonial legislative assemblies in the colonies had little influence over the colonial governors