What was the typical qualification for holding office in eighteenth-century English colonies, outside of New England?
A) Property ownership of at least 1,000 acres
B) There were none as any voter could hold office
C) Membership in the Anglican church
D) A high school diploma and the $100 registration fee
E) Being born in the colonies, or having lived there at least thirty-five years
A
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