19. What was the American theory of the relation of each colony
to the British parliament?
20. What was the American attitude towards maritime regulations?
21. What was the British theory of the relation of the American
colonies to parliament?
22. How was the Revolutionary War brought on?
23. Describe the last act of parliament that brought matters to a
crisis.
Section 2. _The Transition from Colonial to State Governments._
[Sidenote: Dissolution of assemblies and parliaments.]
[Sidenote: Committees of Correspondence.]
During the earlier part of the Revolutionary War most of the states
had some kind of provisional government. The case of Massachusetts
may serve as an illustration. There, as in the other colonies, the
governor had the power of dissolving the assembly. This was like the
king's power of dissolving parliament in the days of the Stuarts.
It was then a dangerous power. In modern England there is nothing
dangerous in a dissolution of parliament; on the contrary, it is a
useful device for ascertaining the wishes of the people, for a new
House of Commons must be elected immediately. But in old times the
king would turn his parliament out of doors, and as long as he could
beg, borrow, or steal enough money to carry on government according to
his own notions, he would not order a new election.
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