Which of the following describes what happened at the battle of bull run (referred to as the battle of manassas in the south) in july of 1861?

The correct answer is Confederate reinforcements won the battle and forced the Union troops to retreat.

It was the first major battle of the American Civil War.

Just months after the war began at the Battle of Fort Sumter, a public outcry was made in the Union for a march against the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia, which could bring the war to an end quickly. Giving in to this political pressure, inexperienced Union Army troops under the command of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell advanced through Bull Run (Occoquan River) against the equally immature Confederate Army under the command of Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard near Manassas Junction.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached or further references, we can say the following.

The ways in that the colonists deserved better treatment by the English government were in that they were hard-working people that strove to make a living. These American colonists deserved better treatment but the English crown continued to impose many heavy taxations -sone tomes, nonsense taxation- that angered the colonists to the point of demanding independence from Britain.

Taxation such as the Townsend Acts, the Navigation Acts, the Stamp Act, or the Tea Act were examples of the ways England tried to punish and exploit the colonies. And to make things worse, colonists did not have a voice or representation in the British Parliament.