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What is the statements is true about representative government institutions during the colonial period?
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∙ 11y ago
Limitations on an individual's absolute, centralized authority had been part of British political institutions since 1215 with King John's signing of the Magna Carta. As Virginia was founded in 1607 by a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company, its primary function was economical and thus its chartered organization and structure was built around a leadership body, not one absolute leader. The Mayflower Compact of 1620 created reciprocal civil bonds among the signatories, fostering a cooperative governing style. Future colonies were founded throughout the Enlightenment period, which applied Renaissance and Classical advances in Humanism and Reason to political systems and emphasized the natural freedom of mankind and thus the invalidity of political systems contradictory to this natural law. The merchant class saw representative government as a way of ensuring that their entrepreneurial exercise was neither restricted not forcefully redirected to benefit another individual. Farmers encouraged growth of representative systems as well, as they now owned the land they worked, not a King they had never met and who acted in his, not the landowner's interests. The British Crown's tax increase on Colonial goods to pay for the Seven Years War in distant India conflicted with the individualistic autonomy and expectation of mutual benefit inherent in these institutions and thus caused them to become more fervent in response. The Colonies then pursued joint efforts through contract to preserve this freedom, the contracts ensuring that the signatories' rights were respected and responsibilities agreed to.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe purpose of a representative government in the colonial period is the same as it is today. It makes and enforces laws created by those elected by the voters.
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∙ 13y agobcuz i reeli dnt no dis so holla bac homie r may i say silly wabbit trics r 4 kidz
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∙ 11y agoEach colony had its own government and written constitutions.
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What events of the early American colonial experience led colonists to believe they would have representative government?
Bouston Tea Party and The Stamp Act
Why did Britain interfere with colonial government in the mid 1700s?
why did Britain interfere with colonial government in the mid-1700's
If you produced tobacco in one of the southern colonies in the late Colonial Era did you have a say in the colonial government?
If you produced tobacco in one of the southern colonies in the late Colonial Era you were a very important financial asset to your government. These tobacco producers did have a say in their colonial government for this reason.
What was the job of the house of burgesses?
The job of House of Burgesses was to decide laws and determine local taxation.
Which of the following powers were exercised by colonial representative governments?
the right to tax, regulate internal trade, and social behavior
Which segment of the colonial population created representative institutions of government?
property owners
Who was the st colonial Representative government?
jfk
How does a colonial representative government protect the colonists from an abuse of power?
Colonists protected themselves from abuse of power by forming a representative government.
What principle of colonial government gives people the voice and a vote in what the government will and will not do by electing officials?
Representative government
What was the First Colonial representative government called?
House OFFFF Burgesses!!!!!
What does the legislative council and the legislative assembly do?
elective Representative to colonial government
What contributed to the growth of representative government in the thirteen?
parliamentary support of colonial legislatures
What were the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period?
bcuz i reeli dnt no dis so holla bac homie r may i say silly wabbit trics r 4 kidz
What principle of colonial government defines the relationship between the people and establishes rules to help people get along?
Representative Government.
What democrtic ideas were apparent during the colonial period?
representative government; freedom of speech and religion
What is the reasons for the growth of representative government durning the colonial?
Increased industrial improvements. Good lick
What were the functions of the colonial assemblies during the colonial era?
A step in the growth of representative democracy
