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.
Question 2
One of the central challenges to corporatism is
a. the decline of parties.
b. the rise in the importance of courts.
c. the decline of globalization.
d. the rise of post-industrial society.
e. the weakening of guilds.
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