Question of the Day

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Question of the Day

• How did the views of the people of North Carolina
  and the views of the English differ on colonial
  government?

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Chapter 10

• Quarrels With England

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England Proclaims a New Colonial Policy

• England regarded the American colonies as a
  business investment and the colonists were free
  to run their own affairs.
• By the mid-1700s, the colonies had turned into a
  profitable enterprise and England began to
  believe it was time for the colonists to share in
  the costs of the empire.

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Chapter 10, Section 1Orders From Abroad

• George Burrington
• Veto

• Main Idea
• North Carolina experienced conflict between the
  royal governors and the Assembly.
• Why It Matters Now
• North Carolina stood with the other colonies
  against the British.

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Setting The Stage

• In the early 1700s, no direct mail service linked
  the colonies with England.
• It took anywhere from 2 months to 2 and ½ years
  for a letter to cross the Atlantic.
• People with pressing business in England often
  made the journey themselves.

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Setting The Stage

• In 1729, George Burrington rushed across the
  Atlantic and successfully convinced the Crown to
  appoint him as the first royal governor of North
  Carolina.
• As the royal governor, Burrington would report
  directly to King George II instead of the private
  group of Proprietors.

King George II
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Defending The Interests Of The Empire

• The king and Parliament gave Burrington the
  authority to decide how many assembly
  representatives had to be present for a quorum
  and allowed him to veto, or overrule, colonial
  laws.
• Burrington was also ordered to enforce the
  Navigation Acts.

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Defending The Interests Of The People

• England assumed that it had absolute authority
  over the colonies.
• The people of North Carolina had other ideas.
• When Burrington tried to exert his power over the
  Assembly, it angrily charged that England was
  trying to restrict North Carolinas charter.

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Defending The Interests Of The People

• Controversies between the Assembly and the royal
  governor marked the entire period from 1731, when
  Burrington became governor, until the American
  Revolution.
• Were the assemblies the elected representatives
  of the colonists?
• Did the assemblies exist to carry out the orders
  from England?

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North Carolina Counties In 1775
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Do you remember?

• How did government in North Carolina change after
  1731?
• Answer Governors now reported directly to the
  crown and there were on going conflicts over who
  the Assembly represented.
• As a royal governor, what powers did George
  Burrington have?
• Answer He determined how many representatives
  were required for a quorum, could veto laws, and
  could adjourn or dismiss the Assembly.

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Do you remember?

• How did the views of the people of North Carolina
  and the views of the English differ on colonial
  government?
• Answer The people saw colonial assemblies as
  their elected representatives, whose job it was
  to make laws for and carry out the wishes of the
  colonists. The English believed colonial
  assemblies existed to carry out orders from
  England.