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Colonial Government (Colonial supervision ("Salutary Neglec"…
Colonial Government
Colonial supervision
Board of Tade
Secretary of State for the southern department
Treasury
War Office
Admirality
"Salutary Neglec"
1775
Legislatures
Bicameral
Upper House
Appointed by governor
Advisors
Lower House
Elected
Summoned/dismissed/vetoed by governor
Tax raising house
Jobs
Initiated (money) bills
controlled expendtiure
Met in Autumn/spring for 6 weeks
Money
Local Laws
Restrictions
Funded by tax payers
Voting
50% White Adult Males
15% in Britain
Far from democratic
Needed property to vote
Women / slaves could not vote
Landowners/lawyers/rich usually eected
New England
Compact Population
Authority in town meetings
All freeholders could vote
Governors
Appointed/removed by king except:
Proprietary colonies
political authority to a family
Maryland
Calverts
Pennsylvania
Penns
Delaware
Penns
Corporate colonies
Governors elected
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Limited
Dismissed by British government
Dependant on their assemblies for reenue
Failures of governors
1775
Governor of New York
Hadn't been paid for years
Governor of New Jersey
Not passed any meaningful legislation
"An Act for … Repairing and Amending … within the town of Burlington"
1749
Charters
Tied colonies to crown
Degree of representation
Britain couldn't interfere
Review colonial laws
Privy Council and Parliament
1691-1775
5% of 8500 were disalloewd