
Colonial Government Vocab
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
people have a voice in government
Democratic Government
Bicameral legislature
Council
Monarchy
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Established in South Carolina to make laws, including taxes, for the colony
Legislative Assembly
Grand Council
House Assembly
England
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