All of the Following Were Characteristics of the Original Thirteen

question 73

Multiple Choice

All of the following were characteristics of the original thirteen colonies except  

• A) Puritans carved tight, pious, and relatively democratic communities in New England.
• B) the belief they were a single people with a common destiny, who ought to break from Britain.
• C) the southern colonies consisted of large landholders, mostly Anglican, on plantations using slave labor.
• D) there were internal conflicts over economic interests, ethnic rivalries, and religious practices.
• E) the middle colonies were the most diverse with estates interspersed with modest homesteads.

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