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colonial government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government | representative government |
| an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return | mercantillism |
| to sell to other countries | export |
| to bring in from foreign markets | import |
| What two beliefs were especially important to the English system of government? | protected rights and representative government |
| Who did the colonists believe should represent the common people? | lawmakers |
| What protected the English people from unfair treatment by the government and unfair punishment? | Magna Carta |
| Who also had to follow the Magna Carta? | Kings and Queens |
| Who do the representative government represent? | The wishes of those who elected them |
| Who did Parliament remove from power? | King James II |
| 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 |
| What important document set clear limits on a ruler's power in 1689? | The Bill of Rights |
| 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. |
| what did the Bill of Rights say? | That members of Parliament would be freely elected. |
| What kind of colonies were owned by an individual or group? | proprietary colonies |
| What did proprietary colonies set up on their own? | rules |
| What was a proprietary colony? | Pennsylvania |
| 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 |
| What kind of colony was under direct English control? | Royal colony |
| In every royal colony what did Parliament appoint? | A upper house |
| What is an upper house? | A governor and a council |
| What did the colonists choose as an assembly? | The lower house |
| 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 |
| Who could vote for government? | White men who owned property |
| In time what did town meetings turn into? | local governments |
| What forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England? | Navigation Acts |
| 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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