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The following description outlines which type or types of colonial government? The king
appointed the governor; the governor appointed council members from the upper class; the
assembly was elected by popular vote.
a royal colony
factors that led to war between Britain and American colonies
stamp act
closing of British harbor
the closing of the Ohio Valley to settlement
Virginia Plan favored _______.
large states
Which of the following was true of the government established by the Articles of
Confederation?
A legislative body was created.
A radical group of young colonists who actively protested against British controls were
called
the Sons of Liberty
The following description outlines which type of colonial government? The colony owner
appointed the governor and council members; the assembly was elected by popular vote.
,a proprietary colony
The agreement that the national legislature of the United States would have two houses,
with representation in one based on population and equal representation per state in the
other, was called the
Connecticut or Great Compromise
The British action which placed a tax on colonial printed material such as licenses,
newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards was called the
Stamp Act of 1765
1, general and unrestricted search warrants used by the British during colonial days.
writs of assistane
2. a series of newspaper articles that effectively argued for the adoption of the Constitution.
federalist papers
3. the formal document announcing the separation of the colonies from Britain.
declaration of independence
4. the name of a radical group composed of young middle-class colonists who protested
against British controls.
sons of liberty
5. the beneficial neglect of the thirteen colonies by the king because of European and
domestic distractions.
, salutary neglect
6. organized groups who circulated papers and letters through the colonies in an effort to
keep leaders and others informed on the latest developments.
committees of correspondence
7. the oldest colonial constitution written by the Pilgrims in 1620.
mayflower contract
8. the economic system in which colonies existed only for the profit and benefit of the
mother country.
merchantilism
9. the ineffective written plan of government preceding the Constitution that loosely united
the thirteen colonies.
bicameral; articles of confederation
The best description of the government created under the Constitution is that it was a
federal republic
The part of the colonial system of government that most clearly spoke for the average
colonist was the
assembly
The existence of "salutary neglect"
gave the colonists time to develop their own way of life and government
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The following description outlines which type or types of colonial government? The king
appointed the governor; the governor appointed council members from the upper class; the
assembly was elected by popular vote.
a royal colony
factors that led to war between Britain and American colonies
stamp act
closing of British harbor
the closing of the Ohio Valley to settlement
Virginia Plan favored _______.
large states
Which of the following was true of the government established by the Articles of
Confederation?
A legislative body was created.
A radical group of young colonists who actively protested against British controls were
called
the Sons of Liberty
The following description outlines which type of colonial government? The colony owner
appointed the governor and council members; the assembly was elected by popular vote.
,a proprietary colony
The agreement that the national legislature of the United States would have two houses,
with representation in one based on population and equal representation per state in the
other, was called the
Connecticut or Great Compromise
The British action which placed a tax on colonial printed material such as licenses,
newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards was called the
Stamp Act of 1765
1, general and unrestricted search warrants used by the British during colonial days.
writs of assistane
2. a series of newspaper articles that effectively argued for the adoption of the Constitution.
federalist papers
3. the formal document announcing the separation of the colonies from Britain.
declaration of independence
4. the name of a radical group composed of young middle-class colonists who protested
against British controls.
sons of liberty
5. the beneficial neglect of the thirteen colonies by the king because of European and
domestic distractions.
, salutary neglect
6. organized groups who circulated papers and letters through the colonies in an effort to
keep leaders and others informed on the latest developments.
committees of correspondence
7. the oldest colonial constitution written by the Pilgrims in 1620.
mayflower contract
8. the economic system in which colonies existed only for the profit and benefit of the
mother country.
merchantilism
9. the ineffective written plan of government preceding the Constitution that loosely united
the thirteen colonies.
bicameral; articles of confederation
The best description of the government created under the Constitution is that it was a
federal republic
The part of the colonial system of government that most clearly spoke for the average
colonist was the
assembly
The existence of "salutary neglect"
gave the colonists time to develop their own way of life and government
