Social darwinism, as promoted by scholars such as the harvard historian john fiske, was primarily used to justify racial segregation and discrimination at home. influential american writers rarely used social darwinist principles to argue that the united states should acquire overseas colonies. true/false

False

Explanation:

Social Darwinism is known as or referred to as the theory that groups, individuals and several other people are subjected to same Darwinian laws i.e (the law of natural selection) as given for animals and plants. It is now discredited, the notion of social Darwinism was first advocated and presented by Herbert Spencer and several other individuals in late 19th century and thereby was used in order to justify and clarify imperialism, political conservatism,and racism.

i am not in high school so i don’t know

so, colonists did not want to pay any taxes.  

colonists did not consider themselves british citizens.  

colonists felt no sense of obligation to britain.  

colonists objected to violations of their natural rights. are the answer choices?