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Differences Between Royal Governors And Colonial Governors

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Both the Colonial Assemblies and their royal governors enjoyed having power, this caused many conflicts between the colonists and governors. The main reasons of conflict between the two was taxation and rules or regulations. While the colonial assemblies could pass their own laws, they needed to be approved by the governor and the King. This angered the colonists because they wanted to feel like they had power. When the royal governors began creating restrictions on Colonial trade and making other decisions that suggested Colonists did not have the power that they wanted; as a result, the Colonists began to take matters into their own hands and question their royal governor’s authority over them. Disagreements over taxation and budgets

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