John Winthrop
John Winthrop was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the eight colonies governed by royal charter in the colonial period.
They created and nurtured them. Like children, the American colonies grew and flourished under British supervision. Like many adolescents, the colonies rebelled against their parent country by declaring independence. But the American democratic experiment did not begin in 1776. The COLONIES had been practicing limited forms of self-government since the early 1600s.
The great expanse of the Atlantic Ocean created a safe distance for American colonists to develop skills to govern themselves. Despite its efforts to control American trade, England could not possibly oversee the entire American coastline. Colonial merchants soon learned to operate outside British law. Finally, those who escaped religious persecution in England demanded the freedom to worship according to their faiths.
Colonial Governments
Each of the thirteen colonies had a charter, or written agreement between the colony and the king of England or Parliament. CHARTERS of royal colonies provided for direct rule by the king. A COLONIAL LEGISLATURE was elected by property holding males. But governors were appointed by the king and had almost complete authority — in theory. The legislatures controlled the salary of the governor and often used this influence to keep the governors in line with colonial wishes.
The second Great Awakening tried to convert nonbelievers to Christianity ( Option B), mainly through revivals which stressed the point of salvation.
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1.Vikings terrorized continental European coastlines with raids and plundering. Normans instead settled their conquests and cultivated land.
2. 1) it became harder and harder to find people to plow fields, harvest crops, and produce other goods and services.
2)Peasants began to demand higher wages
3)In 1360, punishments became worse. Workers who demanded higher wages could be sent to prison and if they escaped branded with the letter “F on their forehead.
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