SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
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election of British colonists to Parliament
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growth of representative government in the British colonies
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expansion of British trade in the Americas
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is C) growth of representative government in the British colonies. The factors listed above contributed most to the growth of representative government in the British colonies. The American colonists were upset with the British monarchies because England imposed the colonies heavy taxation.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. The distance from England created a need for colonists to make their own laws to keep peace and order. 2. Colonists were accustomed to English traditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mayflower Compact continued the idea of law made by the people. This idea lies at the heart of democracy. From its crude beginning in Plymouth, self-government evolved into the town meetings of New England and larger local governments in colonial America.
Detailed explanation-4: -This “salutary neglect” contributed involuntarily to the increasing autonomy of colonial legal and legislative institutions, which ultimately led to American independence.