Which of the following statements concerning colonial society in India and Java prior to 1850 is most accurate?
a. In both cases a new indigenous ruling class soon emerged based on the teachings of the Utilitarians.
b. The arrival of the British and the Dutch completely destroyed the original social hierarchies of India and Java.
c. The massive conversion of the Javanese to Protestantism created a significant change in social mores, but the British were unable to carry out a similar change in India.
d. The Dutch and British incursions resulted in the removal of the indigenous aristocracies and the substitution of direct European control of the peasants.
e. The Dutch and British were content to leave the social systems of Java and India pretty much as they found them.
Answer: E