Differences in Colonial Governments

The British constitution was a formal document. They had Royal Charters & Informal Charters such as the Mayflower Compact. Two thirds of free colonial men paid taxes and voted, and only one fourth of men in Britain were allowed to vote.

A political upheaval (protest) came up in 1760 to increase the powers at expense of Royal Governors. The aristocrats stayed in Britain, but they lacked of aristocracy members of assembly, which were wealthy and were all related somehow, most of the men that belonged to this class were wealthy planters or merchants, and even with all these things Britain wanted control of the colonies again.