The disastrous outcome of the British 1777 New York campaign showed that
a. Americans fought no better in the countryside than they did in cities.
b. Americans had unrealistic hopes of attracting foreign support.
c. British planning was based on poor assumptions about American geography and Indian support. d. Indians were reliable allies for the British.
ANSWER: c
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