John Adams estimated that people indifferent to the outcome of the Revolution
a. were an overwhelming majority of the American population.
b. were about a third of the population.
c. were less than 10 percent of the population.
d. were more numerous in Massachusetts than elsewhere.
e. were more numerous in Virginia.
ANS: B
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