1. With what success did Britain seek to govern their America
... original charters. Certainly these charters undermined the government's ability to enforce policy, as they could not even sustain claims to disallow legislation made by the smallest assembly of Rhode Island. Indeed Rhode Island epitomises the firm belief held in the original charters, "They acknowledge the King of Great Britain as a sovereign but were not accountable to the crown for any acts of ... oppressive French, the disappointment at the colonist's unenthusiastic behaviour greatly escalated the cracks in their relationship. Continued smuggling with the French boosted their enemy w...
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