Federal and Local Prosecutors in the United States
Question 9 • Introduction to Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
Why did Colonial America adopt only part of the English legal system?
Answer
A
Colonial America used the English legal system as a foundation and built the current system from the existing British system.
B
Colonial America kept parts of the English system until they were able to substitute Dutch and French influences that abolished private prosecutors.
C
Colonial America did not want any part of the English system and only kept the private prosecutors until the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
D
Colonial America knew that they needed to adopt all of English law in order to keep order as it was only in the twentieth century that they dropped private prosecutors.