Respuesta :
a) mercenary Using word roots can really help you out for questions like this. This of other questions with "merc" like merchant- they all have to do with money. The other 3 terms are what the colonists called the British. Mercenary probably refers to the Hessians and other similar groups.
Answer: im pretty sure its mercenary
Explanation:
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