USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Like the states today, each colony was run by a government headed by a governor and a legislature. The thirteen colonies were under a legislature, the British Parliament, [similar to the present Congress] and a King whose powers were not that different from those granted the American President.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each colony had its own government, but the British king controlled these governments. By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king.

Detailed explanation-3: -The colonies along the eastern coast of North America were formed under different types of charter, but most developed representative democratic governments to rule their territories.

Detailed explanation-4: -The names of these different types of government were Royal, Charter and Proprietary. These three types of government were implemented in the colonies and a colony would be referred to as either a Royal Colony, a Charter Colony or a Proprietary Colony. Royal colonies were owned by the king.

Detailed explanation-5: -The colonials set up their own governments to take care of their local needs. Each colony had a bicameral legislature except Pennsylvania, which retained a unicameral legislative body.