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brought to you by assembly power Every principal secret weapon

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Well the key to the colonial assemblies Power was what

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And hear the potential answers Was the colonies form their

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new state Government's colonial governors came into continued conflict with

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colonial assembly's over how to best get things done Good

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thing that doesn't happen anymore right Well let's take a

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look at a was the key to the colonial assemblies

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power the limited authority granted to colonial governors Actually the

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colonial governors were granted plenty of authority The assembly's just

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made a habit of undermining it that overrules eh How

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about b Did colonial assemblies derive their power from written

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constitutions within each of the colonies Well actually many colonies

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didn't form written constitutions until after they declared independence from

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britain So we're a little early for that particular tea

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party Could colonial assemblies have obtained their power because they

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were c backed by voting laws that allowed all white

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men to vote while you could only vote if you

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owned property And while many white men did on land

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it was by no means one hundred percent of that

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knocks out See to what about eat the colonial assembly

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control over the colonial councils Not so much The colonial

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council's assisted and were usually appointed by the colonial governors

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for the assembly's didn't hold any sway in this particular

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area which means the key to the colonial assemblies Power

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was d their control over taxes and spending Colonial assemblies

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had the power to approve taxes and decide where money

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was spent which gave them quite a bit of leeway

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in how the colonies function So dee is the correct

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answer Because colonial assemblies held the power of the purse

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governors had few options Once assemblies decided teo tighten the 00:01:48.072 --> [endTime] strings

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