Due to the English Civil War, . a)the Puritans were sharply suppressed and ceased to be a significant force in that country
b)the Cavaliers formed a few joint-stock companies that founded most of the British colonies in the Caribbean and some of the thirteen colonies
c)British Redcoats in the Americas were left without central direction and sometimes committed violent acts against the colonists
d)a Puritan-backed government would eventually fall and a restored monarch would pay off some of his debts to his supporters by giving them American lands