Answer :
"C. Private firms cut canals at key points and connected
rivers" and "D. Thanks to a web of waterways, boats could reach towns they
had never been able to reach before" are both correct, although roads were beginning to be used more as well.
The CORRECT answers are:
A. The British Parliament passed laws directing that rivers be dug deeper and made wider.
C. Private firms cut canals at key points and connected rivers.
D. Thanks to a web of waterways, boats could reach towns they had never been able to reach before.