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Explanation:

To determine the best evidence, we analyze the authors' claim (likely about the global interconnectedness of the sugar trade). The first option ("Simple enough, but this trade up and down the Atlantic coast was part of a much larger world system") directly supports the idea that local trade (Beekman's) was part of a broader global system, aligning with the passage's focus on sugar linking the world. Other options focus on specific trade details (cutting out Europe, African slave reactions, buying Indian cloth) which don't emphasize the "larger world system" claim as directly.

Answer:

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