Sentence Correction

To protect English manufacturers of woolen goods both against American and Irish competition, England passed the Woolens Act of 1698, which prohibited the export of woolen cloth beyond a colony's borders.
A. To protect English manufacturers of woolen goods both against American and Irish competition, England passed the Woolens Act of 1698
B. In order to protect English manufacturers of woolen goods against both American and Irish competition, England passed the Woolens Act of 1698
C. In order to protect English manufacturers of woolen goods against American, as well as against Irish, competition, the Woolens Act of 1698 was passed by England
D. For protecting English manufacturers of woolen goods against American, as well as Irish, competition, England passed the Woolens Act of 1698
E. For the protection of English manufacturers of woolen goods against both American and Irish competition, the Woolens Act of 1698, passed by England

OA B

Break the sentence you would get the answer

C and E are gone, as which modifies England rather than act
D.. For protecting avoid ings, as well as not used to connect list, competition changes sense, it should be competitor.

A and B.. first look both looks good... but A has subtle error both x and y...x and y should be parallel.. A got out.

B remains

Options C and E are passive... So can be eliminated.

Option D-- For Protecting-- Rhetorical Construction

Option A-- Both against -- Wrong Construction

Option B-- Correct.

IMO: B

I was looking for idiom "protect from". How can anyone use "protect against"?
Guess something's wrong with the question.