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How Did British Officers´ Attitudes Toward American Militiamen During the French

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How did British officers´ attitudes toward American militiamen during the French and Indian War shape postwar relations between the colonies and Britain?


A) Colonial militiamen, impressed with the seeming invincibility of the British regulars, encouraged fellow colonists to be more deferential to British authority.
B) British officers roundly praised the skillful fighting ability of colonial troops, encouraging warmer relations between colonists and the British authorities.
C) British officers were distressed by the militiamen´s closeness with the Indians, leaving a lasting residue of mutual suspicion.
D) The colonists took British officers´ criticisms to heart and lost confidence in their own military capability, delaying an armed movement for colonial independence.
E) The contemptuous and snobbery of British officers towards the colonial "amateurs" rankled America´s militia forces, inspiring ill feelings among the colonists towards the British after the war.

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