The answer is b, because it had redcoats
By creating the mayflower compact
The New Jersey Plan proposed that the legislature be composed of only one house and that each state had equal representation in that house. William Paterson of New Jersey proposed the plan, which called for one representative from each state. This type of legislature was similar to that under the Articles of Confederation.
After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.
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