HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Virtual Representation, Intolerable Acts
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On one side, east/west florida, quebec; the rest (including nova scotia) had the same kind of government made up of 3 legislative institutions: the assembly (elected) in charge of raising taxes. The british empire was acquired in a fit of absence of mind . The colonies were governed from london; the king and his ministers run everything. In british parliament, the cabinet has a chief minister (who would eventually be. Prime minister: the prime minister is in charge of the house of commons; problem: the. House of commons is elected on the base of ridings that date from the 16th century (some of the ridings don"t have inhabitants and others were owned private property) When it"s said that the house of commons is elected, it is not democratically elected. The house of commons represents two kingdoms: england and scotland there are large parts of great britain that are not represented.
