Which conclusion about the impact of environmental conditions on New France does the excerpt BEST support? A. Variable climate conditions discouraged French colonists from settling in the St. Lawrence River Valley. B. The forested landscape of the interior limited French ambitions and confined them to lands adjacent to the British. C. Rugged, wooded terrain hindered French efforts to build large agricultural communities like those in the British colonies. D. Early French settlers lacked the technology to clear and develop tracts of land sizable enough to support large populations.