https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb en-us 2021-09-20 17:04:06 UTC 2025-11-08 08:04:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755442724 The first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. A representative colony set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legislative acts.]]> 2021-09-20 22:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755442724 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755445628 The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. It declared that who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony.]]> 2021-09-20 22:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755445628 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755450117 The constitution of the Connecticut River colony drawn up in 1639. It established a government controlled in democratic style by the "substantial" citizens.]]> 2021-09-20 22:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755450117 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755453531 English laws passed, beginning in the 1650s and 1660s. Requiring that certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English sailors in order to benefit English merchants, shippers and seamen.]]> 2021-09-20 22:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755453531 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755455978 The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros). The Dominion of New England was a failed attempt by the British to assert control over its colonies.]]> 2021-09-20 22:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755455978 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755457860 A term used to describe British colonial policy during the reigns of George I and George II. England's policy of looking the other way when Americans violated the Navigation Acts; resulted from complacency and bowing to the inevitable.



]]> 2021-09-20 22:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755457860 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755460371 Happened when word arrived in the colonies about the removal of James II from the throne. When the colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros.]]> 2021-09-20 22:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755460371 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755462540 A British law that established a tax on imported molasses, sugar, and rum from non-British colonies. The law was loosely enforced and New England imported great quantities of West Indian sugar for manufacturing rum.]]> 2021-09-20 22:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755462540 3532186551 https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755463469 Passed by Parliament to encourage iron production in the colonies. The law was not very successful. ]]> 2021-09-20 22:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3532186551/mjvrh8s85dra1yqb/wish/1755463469