Why did frontier dwellers often complain about colonial government?

A. Property requirements for voting were usually greater in newer frontier communities than in established communities.
B. When colonial governments passed laws that benefited people in established communities, such laws seldom applied to the newer frontier communities.
C. Colonial governors usually drafted young men for the colonial militia only from newer frontier communities.
D. Because colonial assemblies seldom reapportioned themselves, many people in newer frontier communities were not adequately represented.


Answer: D

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