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PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT in SOUTH CAROLINA
Unit 2 Lesson 3 Colonial Government
Literacy Elements: Reading a Flow Chart
Below is a flow chart that shows the type of government South Carolina had as a proprietary colony.
Study the flow chart, and then answer the questions that follow.
Colonial Government established by the FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS
Lords Proprietors
Highest authority in the colony
Governor
Rules in absence of proprietors
Grand Council
Recommend laws and advise
governor
Parliament/Commons House of Assembly
Composed of nobles and representatives
of the landowners. Could accept or
reject laws proposed by the Grand Council.
1.
What document established the colonial government under the proprietor’s rule?
2.
Who had the highest authority?
3.
Parliament was composed of what groups? What power did it have?
4.
Where were the laws initiated (started)?
5.
Who ruled the colony in the absence of the proprietors?
6.
Why do you think that the majority of settlers did not approve of the Fundamental Constitutions of
Carolina?
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