In the Competition Between Britain and France for Control of North

question 3

Multiple Choice

In the competition between Britain and France for control of North America,why was France at a major disadvantage?

• A)France did not have a navy.
• B)France's colonial population was dispersed widely through North America,which made assembling an army difficult.
• C)France had only developed colonies in the past fifteen years,and did not have a good sense of the territory.
• D)Britain had a much higher colonial population.
• E)The British held the loyalty of all the Native American tribes on the continent.

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