Colonial Government

What are the two principles of the English system of government?

• individual rights and courts

• self reliance and representative legislatures

• protected rights and representative legislatures

• fair trial and civil liberties

Which document limited the power of the king or queen and included the idea of representation through the Great Council and later Parliament?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• charter

• Treaty of Paris

Name the law making body in England.

• Congress

• town meetings

• Great Council

• Parliament

What is the document that set limits on the ruler's power and contained rights such as a fair trial?

• The English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• charter

• Treaty of Paris

In general, which group had the right to vote during the colonial times?

• white men owning land

• women

• Native Americans

• White men

Goods coming into the country are

• industries

• exports

• imports

• mercantiles

These laws controlled trade between the colonies and England

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

Colonist initially defied the Navigation Act by

• making their own goods

• trading legally with other countries

• smuggling goods

• boycotting goods

Goods leaving the country are

• imports

• exports

• mercantiles

• industries

Type of colonies that were governed by a group of owners or nobles

• House of Lords

• charter

• royal

• proprietary