A Key Difference Between a Colonial Government and an Independent

question 1

Multiple Choice

A key difference between a colonial government and an independent government is:

• A)Colonies need to be made productive for their owners.Independent nations need to be prosperous in their own right.
• B)Colonial governments are much more likely to regulate freedom of speech than are independent governments.
• C)Colonial governments generally attempt to control as much of the economy of the colonized nation as possible.Independent governments generally exercise less control over the economy.
• D)Colonial governments never return any value to their subjects;even oppressive independent governments return some work of value to their citizens.
• E)Independent governments in the third world invariably had higher levels of corruption than their colonial predecessors.

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