Colonial Government Vocab

people have a voice in government

• Democratic Government

• Bicameral legislature

• Council

• Monarchy

Bicameral legislature

• Group that controlled most of the wealth and political power in South Carolina, lived in the Lowcountry

• A colony ruled by an individual or group of people who were chosen by a king or queen

• A law making body made of two houses, which in South Carolina these were the Grand Council and Commons House of Assembly

• people have a voice in government

Part of the bicameral legislature, made up of representatives for the Lords Proprietors, the elites, and the common people. Lords Proprietors had the power to veto laws

• Grand Council

• Assembly of England

• Legislature of New World

• Democratic Government

Circuit Court Act of 1769

• Circus Act that allowed circuses in the backcountry

• A colony ruled by an individual or group of people who were chosen by a king or queen

• Attempt by settlers to provide law and order to the Backcountry through self-regulation, sometimes violent

• Put an end to the Regulator Movement by setting up 7 circuit courthouses around the South Carolina colony to provide justice/law and order in the region.

Part of the bicameral legislature, created to represent the common people of South Carolina. Dominated by wealthy Low Country planters

• Commons House of Assembly

• Proprietary Colony

• Bicameral Legislature

• Great Council

Proprietary Colony

• A colony in England

• A colony ruled by a governor appointed by the king

• A colony ruled by an individual or group of people who were chosen by a king or queen

• 8 Men who ruled New England during the 1700's

Established in South Carolina to make laws, including taxes, for the colony

• Legislative Assembly

• Grand Council

• House Assembly

• England

Royal Colony

• A colony ruled by a governor appointed by the king

• Colony ruled by people elected by the king

• A colony that named itself Royal because they liked the name

• Colony in Port Royal

Political Elite are

• Group that controlled most of the wealth and political power in South Carolina, lived in the Lowcountry

• The governor who was appointed by the king

• Eight men given control of Carolina by the king, attracted settlers by sharing political control with property owners

• government payment / bonus to encourage an economic activity

The king reached a financial agreement with the Lord Proprietors and Carolina became a royal colony. Because of this, Carolina was split into North and South Carolina

• Split of New England

• Royalty Agreement

• King Proprietors

• Split of Carolina