England was only influential in theory because they practiced salutary neglect which means that they didn't bother the colonists as long as the colonies belonged to them and paid taxes. The types of governments depended on who the colony belonged to. Royal colonies listened to the parliament but Charter colonies often did what they wanted. England was influential only up until the point that people were willing to accept.
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For #4, answer C. I'm not certain #3 can be answered with the text provided.
The three powers are : The power to raise armies,to declare war, and write bills to be approved by the president. I find these three most important out of all because these affect our economy and country more then the rest (Not saying the rest aren't important just don't think there as important as the three i listed above)
The most surprising thing for me personally was the set up of the trenches, there is a very good system where the front line is the first to attack or be attacked while the others are there as backups. If someone were to get hurt within the first trench, there are easily accessible routes for the soldiers to take to retreat to safety, on the contrary, if the front lines were in need of any reinforcement whatsoever, there is a clear way to travel for the soldiers to get more ammunition or man power.