The American colonist model of legislature was patterned after the English Parliament. The primary concern was that the government have a balance of power.
jailing Governor Andros and asking Parliament to restore their legislatures.
He dissolved the colonists legislatures
The American colonist model of legislature was patterned after the English Parliament. The primary concern was that the government have a balance of power.
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
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To deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors.
The colonists listed their grievances against the king of England in the Declaration of Independence. Among their rights and liberties they felt the king had violated was refusing the colonists representation in Parliament as well as dissolving the representative houses that the colonies did have, taxing without representation, and quartering troops in the colonies when the colonial legislatures did not consent to it.
To deal with a scarcity of gold and silver coins, legislatures supported printing paper money despite opposition from the governors.
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