"and whereas great quantities of the like manufactures have of late been made and are daily increasing in the kingdom of ireland and in the english plantations in america and are exported from thence to forreigne marketts heretofore supplyed from england which will inevitably sink the value of lands and tend to the ruine of the trade and the woollen manufactures of this realme be it enacted by the kings most excellent majesty by and with the advice and consent of the lords spirituall and temporall and commons in this present parliament assembled and by the authority of the same: that no person or persons shall directly or indirectly export out of or from the said kingdom of ireland into any forreigne realme states or dominions other than the parts within the kingdom of england."—wool act, 1699

what did the parliament of england's enactment of acts such as the wool act signify to the colonists?

a. a weak attempt at economic equality
b. an act of control and increasing taxation
c. endorsement of the superiority of irish products
d. protection of british trade interests