English manufacturer

[gmat009]

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

Can someone plz. explain what is "which" referring to in this sentence

[sudhir3127]

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

Can someone plz. explain what is "which" referring to in this sentence

B.
In order to (idiom).....both against American and Irish competion

Eliminate C and E as 'which' should refer to act of 1698 and not to England.
D is awkward.
Between A and B, i would go for B.

[schumi_gmat]

Both x and y is correct idiom

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
Correct

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 ---Passive hence Wrong

IMO B. Which is correctly modifying the "Woollen's act of 1698"

[karmayogi]

IMO B

Idiomatically uses 'In order to...', correctly uses 'against both American and Irish competition' and perfectly 'which' modifies 'the Woolens Act of 1698'