Colonial Era Grade Recovery

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A group of people elected to make laws is a:

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Legislature

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A document that outlines the powers and structures of a government is a:

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Constitution

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a way nations grew wealthy. They used the resources of the colonies to make and sell more goods than they bought.

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mercantilism

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the people in government who make decisions for the people who elect them

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representatives

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The group that made the rules in the Virginia colony

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House of Burgesses

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a government run by elected officials

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representative government

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a government that gets its power from the people, not from kings or from force.

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self government

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This document written in 1215, established rights and the idea that government should be limited?

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Magna Carta, The Magna Carta

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Governments in the colonies were influenced and sometimes controlled by this country?

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England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom

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Virginia had an elected assembly / legislature known as?

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House of Burgesses