Manifestations of the British Empire's colonial policy in the latter half of the second millennium led to the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and the occupation of Egypt in northern Africa.

A.Manifestations of the British Empire's colonial policy in the latter half of the second millennium led to the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and

B.Manifestations of the British Empire's colonial policy in the latter half of the second millennium led to the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and also

C.In the latter half of the second millennium, the British Empire's colonial policy was manifested in the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, and the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and in

D.In the latter half of the second millennium, manifestations of the British Empire's colonial policy led to the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and

E.In the latter half of the second millennium, manifestations of the British Empire's colonial policy led to the settlement of the eastern colonies of North America, the island of Hong Kong, the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa, and also

Hello

I seem to have lost my way in the pool of parallelism here.

My analysis :

A)I found no error in this sentence. Isn't the sentence framed in the following manner : Manifestations.........led to the settlement of......and (led to) the occupation of .....

B) Incorrect usage of 'also'

C) I saw this option and noticed a shift in the placement of the modifier 'in the latter half of the second millenium' , which really does not make much of a difference here. Besides that, there is a change in meaning here. Did the manifestations lead to all of this or was the policy manifested in all of this...? Unsure

D)'the' is missing . Incorrect

E)Incorrect usage of 'also'.

Hence, I was left confused between options A and C.

Could the experts throw light on the difference between the two options?

Thank you.