During the Revolutionary War, both the British and the American armies were primarily composed of
A) middle-class volunteers.
B) foreign mercenaries.
C) a broad cross-section of their respective populations.
D) poor recruits.
D
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Prussian reforms included which of the following in the early nineteenth century?
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