During the American Revolution, Loyalists
A. were forbidden by the Patriots to move to England until the war had ended.
B. freed their slaves to help augment British forces in the colonies.
C. were nearly all office holders in the English government.
D. were forced to leave the colonies soon after the war began.
E. constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population.
Answer: E
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Under Roman law, how were the provinces generally treated?
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Who wrote The Other America, which was published in 1962?
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The Civil Rights Bill of 1866 __________
A) was the first time the federal government was given power to protect individuals against the willful indifference of state governments to their Constitutional rights B) allowed states unprecedented power against the federal government C) marked the beginning of an era of rough parity in the power of the states and that of the federal government D) stripped the Supreme Court of much of the authority it had built up over roughly the previous century