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All colonies except Georgia emerged as companies of shareholders, or as feudal proprietorships stemming from charters granted by the Crown. The fact that the king had transferred his immediate sovereignty over the New World settlements to stock companies and proprietors did not, of course, mean that the colonists in America were necessarily free of outside control. Under the terms of the Virginia Company charter, for example, full governmental authority was vested in the company itself. Nevertheless, the crown expected that the company would be resident in England. Inhabitants of Virginia, then, would have no more voice in their government than if the king himself had retained absolute rule.  \n1. What was a striking feature in the early phases of colonial development?  \n____________________________________  \n____________________________________  \n____________________________________  \n__________ __________________________  \n2. Because the king transferred his sovereignty over North America to others, early English colonists in North America were able to rule themselves under a democratic system of government.  \na. True  \nb. False  \nStill, the colonies considered themselves chiefly as commonwealths or states, much like England itself, having only a loose association with the authorities in London. In one way or another, exclusive rule from the outside withered away. The colonists – inheritors of the long English tradition of the struggle for political liberty – incorporated concepts of freedom into Virginia's first charter. It provided that English colonists were to exercise all liberties, franchises, and immunities \"as if they had been abiding and born within this our Realm of England.\" They were, then, to enjoy the benefits of the Magna Carta – the charter of English political and civil liberties granted by King John in 1215 – and the common law – the English system of law based on legal precedents or tradition, not statutory law. In 1618, the Virginia Company issued instructions to its appointed governor providing that free inhabitants of the plantations should elect representatives to join with the governor and an appointive council in passing ordinances for the welfare of the colony.  \n3. England’s exclusive rule over the North American colonies withered away overtime.  \na. True  \nb. False  \n4. The charter of English political and civil liberties granted by King John in 1215 is known as the    \na. Bill of Rights  \nb. common law  \nc. habeas corpus  \nd. Magna Carta  \nThese measures proved to be some of the most far‑reaching in the entire colonial period. From then on, it was generally accepted that the colonists had a right to participate in their own government. In most instances, the king, in making future grants, provided in the charter that the free men of the colony should have a voice in legislation affecting them. Thus, charters awarded to the Calverts in Maryland, William Penn in Pennsylvania, the proprietors in North and South Carolina, and the proprietors in New Jersey specified that legislation should beenacted with \"the consent of the freemen.\"  \nIn New England, for many years, there was even more complete selfgovernment than in the other colonies. Aboard the Mayflower, the Pilgrims adopted an instrument for government called the\"Mayflower Compact,\" to \"combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation ... and by virtue hereof [to] enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and [offices ... as](offices ... as) shall bethought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony   \"  \nAlthough there was no legal basis for the Pilgrims to establish a system of selfgovernment, the action was not contested, and, under the compact, the Plymouth settlers were ","cbCainM40P5luCT0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainM40P5luCT0","pdf",434176,"English","# Questions and Key Ideas\n## Colonial development and external control\n## Charters, liberties, and representative government\n## Magna Carta and English common law\n## Mayflower Compact and Plymouth governance\n## Self-government in New England and exceptions","[{\"question\":\"What was a striking feature in the early phases of colonial development?\",\"answer\":\"A striking feature was the lack of controlling influence by the English government in the earliest stages of colonial development.\"},{\"question\":\"According to the passage, what liberties did English colonists receive under Virginia’s first charter?\",\"answer\":\"English colonists were to exercise liberties, franchises, and immunities “as if they had been abiding and born within this our Realm of England,” including benefits associated with the Magna Carta and the common law.\"},{\"question\":\"Which colony was granted to the Duke of York (later James II) and how did governance provisions fare?\",\"answer\":\"New York was granted to the Duke of York, and in both New York and Georgia the provisions for governance were short-lived because colonists demanded legislative representation.\"}]","2.6 Emergence of Colonial Government - Answer Questions | PDF",1792383607]