Public rituals were important to the resistance movement because they
A. ensured that the dominant elite in the colonies could maintain control over the movement.
B. conveyed to common people the ideas on which the movement was based.
C. diverted the minds of the colonists from problems within their colonies.
D. intimidated people into joining the movement.
Answer: B
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