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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. |
