. A history of the United States. each the people? 14. How did the English language in the colonies differ from English asspoken in England? EXERCISES 1. Visit a museum and examine all articles which illustrate colonial life,and tell about these in class. 2. Gather pictures of colonial houses, money, farm tools, furniture, etc. 3. Make out a list of the domestic or home industries carried on by men andwomen in colonial times. Underscore any which are still found in the homes. 4. Collect examples of superstitions or strange notions still known, whetherbelieved or not. 5. Make two lists of amuse
. A history of the United States. each the people? 14. How did the English language in the colonies differ from English asspoken in England? EXERCISES 1. Visit a museum and examine all articles which illustrate colonial life,and tell about these in class. 2. Gather pictures of colonial houses, money, farm tools, furniture, etc. 3. Make out a list of the domestic or home industries carried on by men andwomen in colonial times. Underscore any which are still found in the homes. 4. Collect examples of superstitions or strange notions still known, whetherbelieved or not. 5. Make two lists of amusements — one for colonial times, another of thosecommon in some part of the United States today. CHAPTER XIII HOW THE COLONIES WERE GOVERNED Another English Mistake. — It was a mistake for the rulersof England to act as if the colonists did not have the samerights of trade as the people who remained in England. Theymade another mistake in changing their plans of colonialgovernment. At first they allowed the colonists to govern. Great Seal granted to the New England Colonies in 1685 themselves almost independently. But after the coloniesbecame large, the government interfered more often in themanagement of their affairs. This interference was carriedso far that the colonists thought their rights were in disputes which took place were commonly about whatthe colonial governments should be permitted to do, ratherthan about the way in which they should be organized. Local Government. — The colonists, like Americans now-adays, had local governments, managing villages or citiesor counties, and provincial governments, for whole colonies,corresponding to the present state governments. I40 HOW THE COLONIES WERE GOVERNED In New England the town meeting, a general meeting ofthe men, settled such matters as the care of the commonfields, the roads, ferries, bridges, and fences. Boston retainedthe town form of government until long after the the town meeting were
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