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Engineer · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

A large political role for the military in the post independence period was ensured by the

A) need to prevent or crush slave and indigenous revolts.
B) danger of renewed Spanish efforts to reconquer its former colonies.
C) militarization of the new states as a result of years of destructive warfare.
D) legacy of military values inherited from Spain.

Question 2

The colonial elite that emerged from the wars of independence with the greatest power was

A) the merchant class.
B) the mine owners.
C) the church hierarchy.
D) the wealthy landowners.