One of the Major Causes of ________ Was the Disfranchisement

question 20

Multiple Choice

One of the major causes of ________ was the disfranchisement of landless freemen by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1670.

• A) Bacon's Rebellion
• B) Coode's Rebellion
• C) Leisler's Rebellion
• D) the Stono Uprising
• E) Shays's Rebellion

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Low-income Workers

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