Which of the following is true of the British Empire in India?
A. The British Empire in India began as one directed by the crown rather than an
explicitly commercial and private enterprise.
B. The British employed only Europeans in the colony in order to safeguard their rule.
C. The British rule demolished indigenous Indian law and order institutions, land, and
tax collection practices.
D. The British approach to colonial rule in India resulted in an Indian government
largely run by a well-educated and indigenous elite and middle class.
E. The British Empire lacked the ability of the Mughal Empire to tax land which left
them unable to raise the money to assemble effective armies against its strongest
rival Indian state, the Maratha Confederacy.
D
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a. Family courts, civil law courts, criminal law courts b. U.S. district courts, U.S. courts of appeal, U.S. Supreme Court c. U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. district courts, U.S. courts of appeal d. Appellate courts, trial courts e. U.S. district courts, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. courts of appeal
The first step in the scientific method is known as __________
a. hypothesis formation. b. problem identification. c. problem formation. d. hypothesis identification.
One result of the Second Continental Congress was which of the following?
A. A brief reconciliation with Great Britain B. A plan for the Boston Tea Party C. The decision to create thirteen colonies D. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence E. Increases in colonial taxes paid to Great Britain
The fiercest political fighting in Texas between 1900 and 1950 was between
A) Democrats and Populists. B) liberal and conservative Democrats. C) Republicans and Democrats. D) Republicans and Populists.