American Colonial Government & Policies The following game will provide you with information about colonial governments in America prior to the Revolutionary War. Tools A B PRIVY COUNCIL The king's principal advisors who set colonial policies. PARLIAMENT The lawmaking body of England. GOVERNORS The chief executive of each colony in America. ASSEMBLIES / LEGISLATURES Local laws were made by these bodies. TOWN MEETINGS New England communities ran their affairs through these gatherings. COUNTY COURTS In the Southern colonies local government was in the hands of these bodies. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE These were the chief officials for the county courts and appointed by the governor. DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND this was the most serious attempt to unify the American colonies. GLORIOUS REVOLUTION This is when King James was removed and William & Mary took over control of England. MERCANTILISM The policy of the colonies providing the necessary raw products for England and England providing the colonies with manufactured goods. FAVORABLE BALANCE OF TRADE When England sold more than it bought. NAVIGATION ACTS Laws passed by Parliament to regulate colonial buying & selling. ENUMERATED ARTICLES Certain goods which colonial merchants could sell within the British Empire. MAGNA CARTA The document which provided for shared powers between the King of England and Parliament. KING JAMES The unpopular king who could not even raise an army to stay in power. LORDS OF TRADE The group who managed the American colonies for William II. ROYAL NAVY The enemy of American smugglers.