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influences on colonial government
colonial traditions of self-government
13 colonies
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100
_____ is an agreement or contract among a group of people
What is compact
100
What removed King James II from the throne and invited his daughter and her husband to rule instead?
What is Parliament
100
What year where pilgrims being persecuted for their religious beliefs?
1639
100
How many people moved to Boston when they city was built?
What is 15,000
100
What rests on court decisions rather than regulations written by lawmakers?
What is Common law
200
____ is a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere
What is colony
200
What system of law is known as common law?
What is Consistent ruling
200
England established _____ in america
What is colonies
200
Puritans considered them self ____
What is pilgrims
200
What did the two parts of Carolina become in 1729?
What is North and South Carolina
300
____ is a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments
What is charter
300
What developed into a legislature - a law making body - known as Parliament?
What is nobles and churches
300
What did town meetings developed into?
What is local town government
300
What was the triangular trade ?
What is a pattern of trade
300
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
What is Jamestown
400
one owned and ruled directly by the king
What is royal colony
400
What did the nobles force the king to sign in agreement?
What is Magna Carta
400
what year was the house of Burgess was formed
What is 1620
400
What were the new England and middle colonies called?
What is religious dissenters
400
What did the Pilgrims build, called Plymouth hundreds of miles North of Virginia?
What is settlement
500
____ which provided investors partial ownership and share is future profits.
What is joint stock company
500
What did English people bring with them when they settled here in the 1600's?
What is Limited and representative government
500
Who was elected by the colonists or appointed by the English King?
What is Governor
500
When did the Carolina's become royal colonies?
What is 1729
500
Who did not believe in toleration, or acceptance, of other religions?
What is The rulers of Massachusetts