A fundamental question at the outset of the Revolution was, "Will they fight?" Different individuals answered this in different ways. Which of the following does NOT accurately state one of the responses?
A. The war to protect liberty and property was, ironically, waged by those classes of Americans who were poor and least free.
B. Most middle-class American revolutionaries preferred to join the Continental Army rather than merely become part of their local militias.
C. In the latter part of the war, brutal civil war between loyalist and rebel bands raged across the South.
D. Northern Anglicans and recent emigrants from the British Isles tended to remain loyal to the British.
Answer: B
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