I think its c instead, because he meant that fear was only making things worse. not fearing fear and failure would help in the long run; so a positive attitude instead would help.
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France did not think the colonists could win, but after victories by the Continental army, France provided aid and signed a formal alliance.
It would be "England" and "Germany" that have large populations of Protestants, due mostly to the fact that the Protestant Reformation actually began in what is now Germany, and quickly spread north.
Borrowers could not repay their loans
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