Vocabulary Words
Royal Governors
The Virginia House of Burgesses
Establishing Freedoms
100
Another name for a law making body
What is an assembly?
100
These members of the colonial government were chosen by the King of England.
Who are royal governors?
100
This frustrated many member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
What is the expense to attend the assemblies and do unimportant things.
100
John Peter Zenger
Who is a German printer hired to print a newspaper called the New York Weekly Journal?
200
This is known as the earliest form of self-government.
What is a town meeting?
200
Royal governors were able to do this when the assemblies would not support him.
What is shut them down?
200
print money, call for taxes, build roads, make land laws, prepare for war, and raise money to support the colony's militia
What is the powers of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
200
Andrew Hamilton
Who is the lawyer hired to defend John Peter Zenger?
300
Printed stories that criticized New York's Royal Governor
Who is John Peter Zenger?
300
This is a power the colonial delegates had.
What is refusing to vote for money for the governor's plans?
300
This person said, "the most dignified body of men ever assembled to [make laws]."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
that the stories were true; that every person had a right to "publicly [oppose] the abuses of power...of men in authority"
What is John Peter Zenger's defense?
400
This is a military force made up of volunteers.
What is a militia?
400
This person saw that the colony followed the British laws.
Who is the royal governor?
400
These were noisy social occasions.
What are colonial elections?
400
This African American wrote of liberty.
Who is Phyllis Wheatley?
500
This is a member of an assembly
What is a delegate?
500
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What is the number of colonies with a royal governor?
500
Votes were cast
What is announcing the voter's choice in front of a large crowd?
500
Town meetings, colonial assemblies, and laws demonstrated this.
What is the colonists' desire to be free to live as they chose.
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