How did colonial governments differ from British government?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Royal governors possessed enormous powers, doing things in America that a king could not do in eighteenth-century Britain, such as veto legislation and dismiss judges. Governors also served as military commanders in each province.
2. Members of the governor’s council, selected by the Board of Trade in London on the
recommendation of the governor, did not represent a distinct aristocracy within American society the way the House of Lords did in Britain.
3. Colonial assemblies did not resemble the House of Commons, mainly because a greater
percentage of white adult males could vote in colonywide elections than were eligible to vote in England.
4. There were too many colonial voters to bribe, and there were no areas with few or no voters as there were in Britain.
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