How did the prewar elite in Pennsylvania differ from that in other colonies?
A) The prewar elite in Pennsylvania was equally split between support for Britain and support for American independence.
B) The entire prewar elite in Pennsylvania was sympathetic to the revolutionary cause.
C) Almost all prewar Pennsylvania elites supported the revolutionary cause in name only, while secretly passing information to the British.
D) Prewar Pennsylvania elites were drastically more outspoken about their political position (patriotism) than other elite colonists.
E) Nearly the entire prewar elite in Pennsylvania opposed independence.

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The prewar elite in Pennsylvania was largely conservative and opposed to independence, unlike elites in some other colonies who were more supportive of the revolutionary cause.

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