USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Before 1689, governors were the dominant political figures in the colonies. They possessed royal authority transmitted through their commissions and instructions. Among their powers included the right to summon, prorogue and dissolve the elected assembly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maryland became the first colony to outlaw the use of slave and indentured labor. Maryland’s economy was based on subsistence farming and the shipbuilding industry. Maryland merged politically with the colony of Virginia during the English Civil War.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maryland developed into a plantation colony by the 18th century. In 1700 there were about 25, 000 people and by 1750 that had grown more than 5 times to 130, 000. By 1755, about 40% of Maryland’s population was black. Maryland planters also made extensive use of indentured servants and penal labor.