Which of These Was True of the American Colonies in 1775

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of these was true of the American colonies in 1775?

• A) Overall, their taxes were above average.
• B) Per capita income was higher than in any European country.
• C) The Hanovers kept a tight rein on the American colonists, but liberal ideas made that harder to do.
• D) The colonists had offered to put together their own standing army so that Britain would not have to bear that cost, but they had been rebuked.
• E) About one million free colonists lived in America by that time.

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