How did England’s political traditions affect the types of government established in England’s American colonies?

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English colonies were direct democracies with rights and freedoms.
English colonies were direct democracies with rights and freedoms.

English colonial governments prohibited discrimination based on race or religion.
English colonial governments prohibited discrimination based on race or religion.

English colonists had some limited representative self-government.
English colonists had some limited representative self-government.

English colonists elected members of Parliament.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

English colonists had some limited representative self-government.

This reflects the influence of England's political traditions, where local governance and some form of representative institutions were established, allowing colonists to have a say in their own governance, albeit within a framework that was still largely controlled by the British crown.