The people who came to the American colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited government thanks mainly to the Magna Carta. Option A is correct.
The Magna Carta or Magna Carta Liberatum is a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. It was first drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury in order to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised to protectect church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.