B because “Middle classes consisted of a variety of groups Below upper middle class, which formed part of the new elite, was middle group that included lawyers, doctors, members of civil service, business managers, engineers, architects, accountants, & chemists Beneath this solid & comfortable middle group was a lower middle class of small shopkeepers, traders, & prosperous peasants; the members of this group provided goods & services for the classes above them”
I believe the correct answers from the choices listed above are Pandyan and Pallavas. The two minor indian kingdoms studied in the chapter was : Pandya and Pallavas. The other two choices are most well known kingdoms. Hope this answers the question.
The Middle Colonies are four: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
The first two NJ and NY, were directly ruled by the English king. This system converts them into royal colonies.
On the other hand, Delaware and Pennsylvania were propietary colonies. The right of ruling them was granted by the English king to one or several owners.
The primary thing that both of these nations did that showed they did not take the new American nation seriously was that they refused to give up land that was required of them in the treaty that was signed after the Revolution.