In discussing the American Revolution, the basic controversy among historians involves the question:
a. Should the British have won easily, or did they face an impossible, Vietnam-style war?
b. Was the motivation for the Revolution primarily political ideology or essentially Economic and social interests?
c. Did the French make a colossal blunder in supporting the Americans and as a result bring about their own revolution?
d. If the Americans really believed what they said in the Declaration of Independence, why did they not end slavery?
e. Did English generals intentionally use strategies that would fail?
Answer: B