Property qualifications for holding office:
a. existed only for judges.
b. meant that the landed gentry (upper class) wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.
c. were the same in every colony as they were for voting.
d. meant that women served regularly in colonial legislatures.
Ans: b. meant that the landed gentry (upper class) wielded considerable power in colonial legislatures.
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