6.  Early state government in Virginia:—­

a.  The part appointed and the part elected. b.  The first legislative body in America. c.  The dignity of its members. d.  The reason for the name “House of Burgesses.”

7.  Early state government in Massachusetts:—­

  a.  The Dorchester Company.
  b.  The government provided for the Company of Massachusetts
      Bay by its charter.
  c.  The real purpose of the Puritan leaders.
  d.  The change from the primary assembly of freemen to the
      representative assembly.
  e.  The division of this assembly into two houses, with a comparison
      of the houses.
  f.  The reason for the name “General Court.”
  g.  The loss of the charter and the causes that led to it.
  h.  The new charter as compared with the old.

8.  Compare the early governments of Connecticut and Rhode Island with the first government of Massachusetts.

9.  What two kinds of state government have thus far been observed?

10.  Early state government in Maryland:—­

  a.  The favouritism of the crown as shown in land grants.
  b.  The palatine counties of England.
  c.  The bishopric of Durham the model of the colony of
      Maryland.
  d.  The extraordinary privileges granted Lord Baltimore.
  e.  The tribute to be paid in return.
  f.  The ruler a feudal long.
  g.  Limitations of the ruler’s power.

11.  Early state government in Pennsylvania and Delaware:—­

a.  The powers of Penn as compared with those of Calvert. b.  One governor and council, c.  The legislature of each colony. d.  The quarrels of the Penns and Calverts. e.  Mason and Dixon’s line.

12.  What other proprietary governments were organized, and what was their fate?

13.  Why were proprietary governments unpopular? (Note the exceptions, however.)

14.  Classify and define the forms of colonial government in existence at the beginning of the Revolution.

15.  Show that these forms differed chiefly in respect to the governor’s office.

16.  A representative assembly in each of the thirteen colonies:—­

  a.  The basis of representation.
  b.  The control of the public money.
  c.  The spontaneousness of the representative assembly.

17.  The governor’s council:—­

  a.  The custom in England.
  b.  The council as an upper house.
  c.  The council in Pennsylvania.

18.  Compare the colonial systems with the British (1) in organization and (2) in the nature of their political quarrels.

19.  What was the American theory of the relation of each colony to the British parliament?

20.  What was the American attitude towards maritime regulations?

21.  What was the British theory of the relation of the American colonies to parliament?