is enhanced when decisions that affect the citizens' lives are made by representatives who are local, closer to them, and more similar to them.

Self-governance or self-government.

Explanation:

Self-governance, self-government, or self-rule is how an individual or group within society start to stand for themselves without the interference of the government or any outside authority. It may occur in any Institution such as legal bodies,family structure,industry bodies ,political parties and religions.

It is mostly associated with a philosophy of self control and self discipline and socio-political aspects which are independence and autonomy.

It can also refer to how people break themselves free from colonial rulers and monarchy government. All in all its about people standing for themselves to regulate their own lives without being suppresed by particular authority figures.

what is the tax base for the sales tax?

it should be (usually ) 6%

the economic difference between the three colonial regions. shipbuilding, whaling, fishing, and trapping where also main factors to the economy. the southern regional colonies economy was based on sugarcane, rice, cotton, tobacco, and indigo.