18. why were some of the spectators called “groundlings”?

The "groundlings" were the spectators that couldn't afford to be in the theater, so instead they'd be standing in "The Pit" or "The Yard", below the stage. The groundlings were the poorest people, such as apprentices, who could not afford to pay for seats, so they stood in the pit in front of the stage.

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.