Great Britain sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?
A) Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles
B) Catholics from France and Spain, thereby weakening England's enemies
C) professionals and skilled craftsmen from England
D) members of nonmainstream religions, particularly Quakers and Anabaptists
E) wealthy merchants who could spur economic growth in the colonies
Ans: A) Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles
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b. Togoland
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