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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. |