18th-Century Colonial Politics

Glorious Revolution of 1688

John Locke, Second Treatise on Government (1689)

     -Monarchy  (King & Ministers)

            -Power

     -Aristocracy  (Titled Nobility)

            -Disinterested Judgement

     -Democracy  (Commoners)

            -Liberty

Jacobites  (James II, James III, & Charles III)

Sir Robert Walpole

South Sea Bubble
 

First Lord of the Treasury

     -Prime Minister

Secretary of State, South

     -Duke of Newcastle

Influence

      -Patronage

Limited Franchise

Virtual Representation

      -Actual Representation

Comparisons

      -Formal and Informal Power

            -Veto

            -Prerogative

            -Judiciary
 

      -Electoral System

      -Governor's Instructions

      -Governor's Tenure

      -Assembly Rights  

English Succession

Colonial and English
Governments Compared

Grades