How did the debate between public morality and private freedom mirror political debate in the 1780s?
A) The Americans who preached public morality did not believe in political debate.
B) Because public morality and private freedom are in direct contrast, they mirror the political debates of the 1780s about tyranny versus republicanism.
C) Because public morality leads to private freedom, Americans believed that British tyranny would lead to American democracy.
D) Americans defended individual rights but believed that a society without virtue could not preserve liberty and independence.
E) Because English colonialism had imposed public morality, Americans rejected it for private freedom.
Answer: D
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