Ap Us History Dbq Analysis

AP US History 1) In Documents A, B, and C some problems in their colonial government was that all colonies wanted to unite and become one government but one colony always tried to control all of it. Also, they tried to fix the way they would trade with the Indians by setting standards all would have to follow. When they were untied for a moment in time though, they had set laws that if one colony needed assistance, the other colonies must bring a certain number of soldiers to assist them or aid them. 2) Some evidence in Documents A, B, and C does show some sign of a tradition of representative government. For example, in Document B, William Penn talks about how the several colonies would meet to settle anything. Now the people who would meet would be appointed by the colonies themselves, in other words, choose somebody to represent them. Al so, in Document C Mr. Franklin spoke about how each colony would have a general government and that general government would be run by a President-General. The President-General was appointed by the king and a grand council. The grand council was also appointed by the
His plan explained how the uniting of the Northern parts of America would be more useful to the crown and would be more useful to the peace and safety of the people. His plan had some major points. They were that two people from each Colony would make up a Congress of the Union. Then, the King's Commissioner, who was also appointed, would be the one judging and have the chair in Congress. Next, the Congress would meet in the colony of New York every now and then. Here with Document B we see that Penn had attempted to unite all colonies and even had the congress and standards for congress set up so all could be settled if any problems were to