By ensuring the right of legislators to levy taxes and pay the salaries of governors, the colonial representatives could threaten to withhold payment if a governor refused to comply.

It allowed the colonists to expand rapidly and effectively across the region, thus spreading democratic ideals .

It allowed the colonies to survive the early periods of poverty and starvation, which provided the base for a constitutional monarchy.

It mandated that a certain proportion of colonial resources be set aside to protect democratic institutions.

It did not encourage democratic principles in the colonies.

It convinced the French that the Americans could win and fostered an alliance of convenience.

It prevented the Continental Army from establishing a base for the winter.

It led to widespread desertion among the Continental Army and forced Washington to hire mercenaries.

It humiliated the British and forced their government to negotiate an unconditional peace.

It allowed the British to gain a stranglehold over New York and to push down towards the seat of the Continental Congress.

The Proclamation of 1763

The Stamp Act

The Homestead Act

The Townshend Acts

The Boston Port Act

John Locke

Thomas Paine

Isaac Newton

Adam Ferguson

Adam Smith

A shift from indentured servant labor in the southern colonies to slavery, and an increase in British control and influence in the colonies.

Less women decided to move to the colonies, and the Native Americans gained land back from the colonists.

Catholicism became more widely tolerated in the colonies, and abolitionist groups started gaining influence.

Voting rights were expanded to non-landowning men, and the first colonial militia was formed.

Tobacco became the main cash crop of Virginia, and Britain took control of New York, Boston, and Charleston.