12. C. THE BRITISH AND FRENCH NORHT AMERICA: BACWATER COLONIES. British colonies were closer to European models of government, religion, & political theory. British regulate the colonial trade that came trade in the 18th century & contributed the rebellion. Colonists did not intermarry with the indigenous groups, in Latin America. Colonists imported African Slaves. The interaction with the African culture was a characteristic that separate the colonies from the culture of the mom countries.