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| a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government | representative government
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| an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return | mercantillism
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| to sell to other countries | export
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| to bring in from foreign markets | import
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| What two beliefs were especially important to the English system of government? | protected rights and representative government
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| Who did the colonists believe should represent the common people? | lawmakers
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| What protected the English people from unfair treatment by the government and unfair punishment? | Magna Carta
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| Who also had to follow the Magna Carta? | Kings and Queens
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| Who do the representative government represent? | The wishes of those who elected them
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| Who did Parliament remove from power? | King James II
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| Who became King and Queen after King James II was removed from power? What was this peaceful change called? | William and Mary; the Glorious Revolution
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| What important document set clear limits on a ruler's power in 1689? | The Bill of Rights
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| What did the Bill of Rights do? | it limited the ruler's ability to set aside Parliament's laws, rulers could no longer require taxes without Parliament's say-so, it gave citizens the right to a fair trial by jury, and it banned cruel and unusual punishment.
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| what did the Bill of Rights say? | That members of Parliament would be freely elected.
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| What kind of colonies were owned by an individual or group? | proprietary colonies
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| What did proprietary colonies set up on their own? | rules
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| What was a proprietary colony? | Pennsylvania
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| What were colonies that had been started by a company with permission of the English king? What is an example of one? | charter colonies; Massachusetts
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| What kind of colony was under direct English control? | Royal colony
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| In every royal colony what did Parliament appoint? | A upper house
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| What is an upper house? | A governor and a council
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| What did the colonists choose as an assembly? | The lower house
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| What did the Upper house do that often went against the wishes of the lower house? | Did what the king and Parliament told them to do
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| Who could vote for government? | White men who owned property
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| In time what did town meetings turn into? | local governments
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| What forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England? | Navigation Acts
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| If a colonists bought goods from a country in Europe, what happened to them? | They would first go to England,then they were taxed and shipped to the colony.
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