Question

In what way did each colony’s government mirror the government of Britain?

(1 point)

Each had a House of Lords.

Each appointed a monarch.

Each had a two-house legislature.

Each called its legislature a parliament.

Answer 1

Each had a two-house legislature.

Colonial governments typically had a bicameral system—an appointed upper house (like Britain’s House of Lords) and an elected lower house (like the House of Commons).