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Influences on colonial Government
Colonial traditions of self Government
13 Colonies
100
A king or queen?
Monarch
100
The first representative assembly or legislature, in the English colonies was what?
The house of Burgess.
100
What did New York become?
A proprietary.
200
To life, liberty, and property that no Government?
Natural rights
200
In 1620, shortly after the house of Burgesswas formed what was the other group?
The group of colonists.
200
After the pilgrims arrived at Plymouth what did they receive?
A royal Charter.
300
Is an agreement among the people in a society?
Social Contract
300
What did the Plymouth colonists realize they needed rules for?
To Govern them.
300
What was the second group of colonies known as?
The middle colonies.
400
When English people in the 1600's, they brought a history?
Enlightenment
400
What tradition did the mayflower compact?
Direct democracy.
400
What did the third set of colonies form in the south after Jamestown?
Virginia
500
A ruling in an earlier case that was similar?
Precedent
500
What happened to the pilgrims in 1639?
They were being prosecuted.
500
Who dominated after several European claims in North America?
The English