Why did property restrictions and voting restrictions exist in the colonies?

a. Too many poor people were well-educated in the public schools and this threatened to upset the social order.
b. Members of the upper-class minority took for granted their right to govern and were not about to risk the existing social order by extending voting rights.
c. The colonial charters required the colonies to follow the same rules and procedures for voting as in England.
d. Since land was easier to acquire and more evenly distributed, royal authorities imposed restrictions to limit the ability of the colonists to gain experience with self-government.


b. Members of the upper-class minority took for granted their right to govern and were not about to risk the existing social order by extending voting rights.

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