Colonial Government

Parliament is

• a list of freedoms that a government promises to protect

• a document that describes the rights of British citizens

• when the law allows certain people to vote

• the people who make laws; the legislature of Britain

Magna Carta is

• the legal right of journalists to publish the truth

• a document that describes the rights of British citizens

• Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade

• when a country wants to get rich by controlling trade

A Legislature is

• a group of people chosen to make laws

• when a country wants to get rich by controlling trade

• trading illegally with other nations

• Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade

The French and Indian War was

• When England practiced mercantilism by controlling trade in the colonies with the Navigation Acts.

• War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for land in the west.

• When colonists often smuggled goods in order to avoid the Navigation Acts

• When Britain wanted to control trading in the 13 colonies so that Britain could make the most money!

Mercantilism is

• a document that describes the rights of British citizens

• trading illegally with other nations

• the people who make laws; the legislature of Britain

• when a country wants to get rich by controlling trade

Smuggling is

• Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade

• trading illegally with other nations

• When colonists did NOT have freedom of the press. England controlled what they wrote in the newspaper.

• the right to vote

Why did England pass the Navigation Acts?

• England wanted to control trade

• England wanted to help the colonies learn how to trade

• England wanted to help the colonists navigate the seas

Why did England regulate trade in the 13 colonies?

• England did not trust the colonies to do a good job with trading.

• England was bored and wanted to help.

• England wanted to get rich!

True or False: Colonists had freedom of the press.

• True

• False

Who had the right to vote in the 13 colonies?

• White men and women

• White men who owned land

• All adults

• No one