A colonial representative is a person elected or selected by the voters in that colony, or selected by the colonial legislature (assembly) to represent the interests of the colonists in the colonial government. The Parliament of Great Britain is the legislative branch of the British government. In the years prior to the American Revolution, the colonists complained that they did not have any representation in the Parliament, therefor Parliament had no legal right to enact laws for the colonies, with the exception of regulating trade. The Parliament answered that the colonies had virtual representation because Parliament (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) represented the entire empire, not any specific area of the British Empire. MrV
What type of colony was self-governing? Royal colony Representative colony Proprietary colony Charter colon
Massachusetts was a royal colony. ~B~
There was a Royal Governor appointed to each colony.
The colony of Virginia had the house of burgesses and it was the first Representative house of Parliament in the America's
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The Pilgrims formed a representative government to oversee the colony.
The Pilgrims formed a representative government to oversee the colony.
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Georgia
They were governed by a representative assembly elected by the land owners.
the old representative consist of a governor the council and the assembly while the crown colony consist of a governor executive council and a legislative council.
The first representative body in colonial America was the House of Senators. It existed in the colony of Roanoake.