What Situation Would Have Most Likely Led a Person to Maintain

question 13

Multiple Choice

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

• A) A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government.
• B) The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament.
• C) A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea.
• D) An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation.
• E) A Virginia landowner wanting to increase his holdings west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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