SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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representative
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communist
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free
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The distance from England created a need for colonists to make their own laws to keep peace and order.
Detailed explanation-2: -Parliament, England’s chief lawmaking body, was the colonists’ model for representative government. Parliament was made up of two houses. Members of the House of Commons were elected by the people. Members of the House of Lords were nonelected nobles, judges, and church officials.
Detailed explanation-3: -History. The Roman Republic was the first known state in the Western world to have a representative government, despite taking the form of a direct government in the Roman assemblies.
Detailed explanation-4: -1619: House of Burgesses (representative) Established in 1619, the House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in colonial British North American.