Checks and Balances: A Look at the Powers of Government

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Chapter 1 A TrouBleD CounTry In the 1600s people from Europe settled on the eastern coast of North America Their settlements were called colonies Great Britain and its king ruled the colonies That meant people in the colonies had to obey Britain’s laws This drawing shows the settlement at the Jamestown Colony in modern-day Virginia Who ruled the colonies 4