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Explanation:

The authors' claim is that local colonial trade (Beekman's general store goods) was part of a global world system. Option A directly connects the small-scale Atlantic coast trade to the larger global system, which aligns with the passage's focus on linking local trade to the broader Triangle Trade and global sugar economy. The other options either focus on a narrow example (B), an unrelated detail about enslaved people's demands (C), or a tangential question (D) that does not support the core claim about the trade being part of a larger system.

Answer:

A. "Simple enough, but this trade up and down the Atlantic coast was part of a much larger world system."