The chief reason poorer colonials disliked the "redcoats" was
a. all the soldiers were foreigners.
b. soldiers competed with them for casual work in their spare time.
c. colonial “street people” were hardest hit by the Sugar Act and Townshend Acts.
d. poor people were not recruited to enlist in the army.
e. the mercenary soldiers hired by the British could not speak English.
Ans: b. soldiers competed with them for casual work in their spare time.
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