1.2C: Salutary Neglect

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How does the term salutary neglect apply to the colonies?

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the colonists were able to govern themselves and make their own laws as long as they continued to send raw materials to Great Britain

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The House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and New England town hall meetings were examples of

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developments in colonial self-government

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Which document was considered the first written constitution in western history and served as an example for representative government?

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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The Virginia House of Burgesss was significant because it

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acted as the first legislative body in the Americas.

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This excerpt from the Pilgrims is from: "...do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation . . . and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws..."

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Mayflower Compact

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All of the following were forms of colonial self-government EXCEPT: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, House of Burgesses, Town hall meetings

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Articles of Confederation

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Which of the following describes the events of Bacon's Rebellion? Settlers in the back country of Virginia had conflicts with the Powhatan Indians and became upset with the House of Burgesses because they felt they were not protecting them.

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Settlers in the back country of Virginia had conflicts with the Powhatan Indians and became upset with the House of Burgesses because they felt they were not protecting them.