Which of the following statements describe actions taken by Benjamin Franklin's son, William, and what do they suggest about the war?
A) William's treatment of Native Americans while a prominent American general demonstrates why almost no Native Americans joined the Patriot cause.
B) William's appointment of women to positions in the New Jersey state government demonstrates the many opportunities the war created for women to enter politics.
C) William's loyalty to Britain demonstrates how the war was in many ways a civil war, with the need to choose sides dividing families and friends.
D) Williams's refusal to commit to either the Patriot or the Loyalist cause demonstrates how the majority of colonists did not fall into either group and sought to remain neutral.
E) Williams's work as a slave trader demonstrates how African Americans had little incentive to join the Loyalist cause because slavery was worse in Britain.
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