Checks and Balances: A Look at the Powers of Government
How Does Government Work Checks and Balances A Look at the Powers of Government Kathiann M Kowalski Lerner Publications Minneapolis
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
People in the colonies didn’t like Britain’s laws They wanted freedom They fought for independence or self rule in the Revolutionary War 1775 1783 Colonial troops riGhT fight against British troops during one of the first battles of the revolutionary War 5
