13 Colonies and Representative Government

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What was the 1st written constitution in the colonies?

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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What was the 1st representative legislature?

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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What document promised certain rights to its citizens and limited the monarchy (king)?

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English Bill of Rights

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What document was the 1st example of limited government?

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Magna Carta

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This document was written aboard the Mayflower and served as an example of self government and consent of the governed.

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Mayflower Compact

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This document was written in 1215 in England.

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Magna Carta

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This document formed a confederation under the guidance of God

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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True or False: All freemen had voting rights under the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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True

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A legislature is...

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a group of people who have the power to make laws

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Pilgrims rode on what ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to North America?

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The Mayflower