13 Colonies Government

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

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

England had a partially elected legislature who made laws for the people making it this type of democracy?

Virginia had an elected assembly / legislature known as?

Colonial courts used previous English court decisions to decide cases in a system called? (Capitalize all words.)

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of colonies and colonial governments?

• Proprietary

• Charter

• Royal

• Provencial

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the tensions that rose between governors and the colonial legislatures?

• The King appointed the governor and expected him to act in his best interests.

• Colonial legislatures were the bodies that determined the pay for the governor.

• Colonial legislatures expected the governor to make decisions in the colonial best interest.

• The colonial legislatures appointed the governor but the King paid them and there could be a conflict of interest.

The document signed in 1689 further reduced the powers of the king or queen, established more rights, and reinforced the concept of consent before taxation.

The Pilgrims signed this document establishing the principles of self-government and a social contract?

This period and movement spread ideas for better governments throughout Europe and eventually the U.S.? (It is a proper noun.)