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The passage suggests that the view referred to in lines 8 - 11 argued that

(A) the colonial authority never sought to employ taxation in French Canada except as a means to retain a tenuous grip over British territory
(B) the Crown acted unwisely by increasing taxation and diminishing its gift-giving policy following the conclusion of the Seven Year’s War
(C) Indian gift-giving and a reprieve from taxation were the sole means for the British of maintaining a territorial grip in French Canada
(D) the British never intended to limit their authority in French Canada except as a short-term strategy of retaining territorial control
(E) the colonial subjects in French Canada rejected British authority largely because they rescinded on the liberal policies implemented during the Seven Year’s War

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The author suggests that if George III had wanted to retain greater control over territory and politics in French Canada, he would have had to

(A) establish a truce with his colonial competitors, such as France
(B) foreswear the practice of taxation entirely
(C) offer a greater degree of protection to non-European inhabitants
(D) offer less authority to local power brokers in French Canada
(E) find alternate means of raising revenues to finance a more powerful army

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According to the passage, Anderson’s theory explains the longevity of British colonial authority in India because the British

(A) offered great flexibility and authority to the local elites with whom they were obliged to negotiate
(B) felt a great temptation to act unilaterally and exercise military authority of their Indian possessions
(C) became more deeply enmeshed in the politics of the Indian subcontinent than was strategically appropriate
(D) managed to convince the local elites that submission to the British would be economically advantageous for all parties
(E) resisted successfully the attempts of local power brokers to revise the terms of their negotiations