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bicameral legislature
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a lawmaking body made up of two houses (groups)
ex: Parliament |
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town meeting
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the center of New England politics
-people talk about & decided issues of local interest -regulated other important issues such as ownership & the use of unsettled land -selected the group officials who would carry out the town decisions |
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libel
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a false statement, usually published, that damages a person's reputation
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Privy Council
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group of royal advisers who set policies for Britain's American colonies
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Parliament
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the British national legislature
-it is a bicameral legislature |
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House of Burgesses
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colonial Virginia's elected assembly
-were elected my colonists to represent Virginia's plantations & towns |
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John Peter Zenger
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-criticized royal governor of New York in his newspaper
-accused of printing false statements that damaged governor's rep. -arrested in 1734 -was found not guilty -jury's agreement showed the dislike of the governor & the idea that colonists had a right to express their views freely |
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Dominion of New England
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union of northeastern American colonies created by King James II in 1686; lasted until 1689
-in1686 James united the northern colonies under one government (Dominion of New England) |
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Edmund Andros
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-December 1686 he arrived in Boston and was former governor of New York
King James II appointed him as governor of the Dominion -1687 residents protested his taxation policy -to prevent further protests, he limited the power of town meetings |
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Glorious Revolution
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Parliament felt threatened when King James II tried to change England from a Protestant country back to a Catholic one
-to stop him Parliament asked his Protestant daughter, Mary and her husband, William of Orange, to rule England. -when James fled, he was over thrown -the overthrow became known as the G.R. |
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English Bill of Rights
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The political ideas of the Glorious Revolution led Parliament to pass the English Bill of Right. Under this act, the powers of the English monarchy were reduced.
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