During the 19th century, Jews in most European countries achieved some equality of status with non-Jews. Nonetheless, at times Jews were harassed by anti-Semitic groups.

A．fact that historians have overestimated the importance of the Puritans in the development of American culture
B．fact that early American culture was deeply influenced by the strong religious oriencolonists
C．extent to which Massachusetts and Connecticut served as cultural models for the other American colonies
D．extent to which colonial America resisted assimilating cultural patterns that were typically English

A．refuting a claim about the influence of Puritan culture on the early American South
B．refuting a thesis about the distinctiveness of the culture of the early American South
C．refuting the two premises that underlie Davis' discussion of the culture of the American
D．challenging the hypothesis that early American culture was homogeneous in nature