Question

Explain what the "colonial divided society" was in the Americas?

Answer 1

Answer:

A colonial society divided based on class with wealth in America.

Explanation:

As Europeans established their colonies, their societies became divided along religious and racial boundaries. In colonials, there were three main social classes, including the gentry, the middle class, and the poor. The highest based on the gentry who were wealthy merchants, ministers, planters, royal officials and lawyers. Middle-class society consists of small planters, farmers, and artisans. The only way to rise in society was through holding land and by owning slaves. Slaves and American Indians not treated equally as European settlers considered them to be beneath there status.