根据以下材料回答1～20题：
By1830theformerSpanishandPortuguesecolonieshadbecomeindependentnations.Theroughly20million___(1)___ofthesenationslooked___(2)___tothefuture.BorninthecrisisoftheoldregimeandIberiancolonialism，manyoftheleadersofindependence___(3)___theideasofrepresentativegovernment，careers___(4)___totalent，freedomofcommerceandtr ade，the___(5)___toprivateproperty，andabeliefintheindividualasthebasisofsociety，___(6)___therewasabeliefthatthenewnationsshouldbesovereignandindependentstates，largeenoughtobeeconomicallyviableandintegratedbya___(7)___setoflaws.
Ontheissueof___(8)___ofreligionandthepositionofthechurch，___(9)___，therewaslessagreement___(10)___theleadership.RomanCatholicismhadbeenthestatereligionandtheonlyone___(11)___bytheSpanishcrown，___(12)___mostleaderssoughttomaintainCatholicism___(13)___theofficialreligionofthenewstates，somesoughttoendthe___(14)___ofotherfaiths.ThedefenseoftheChurchbecamearallying___(15)___fortheconservativeforces.
Theidealsoftheearlyleadersofindependencewereoftenegalitarian，valuingequalityofeverything.BolivarhadreceivedaidfromHaitiandhad___(16)___inreturntoabolishslaveryintheareasheliberated.By1854slaveryhadbeenabolishedeverywhereexceptSpain's___(17)___colonies.EarlypromisestoendIndiantr ibuteandtaxesonpeopleofmixedorigincamemuch___(18)___becausethenewnationsstillneededtherevenuesuchpolicies___(19)___Egalitariansentimentswereoftentemperedbyfearsthatthemassofthepopulationwas___(20)___self-ruleanddemocracy.
第1题请选择(1)处最佳答案（）。
A．natives
B．inhabitants
C．peoples
D．individuals
正确答案：B
