Self Government & Representative Government

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Which of the following was the first example of an assembly of legislators?
Options:
Fundamental Order of Connecticut,
Mayflower Compact,
Magna Carta,
Virginia House of Burgesses

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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The distance from Great Britain led to

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the development of self-government

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Which quote best expresses one of the main principles of representative government in the colonies? Options: "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God", "We have it in our power to begin the world over again", "Religion and morals are essential to our civil society", "We base all our experiences of organization in the colonies on self-government"

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"We base all our experiences of organization in the colonies on self-government"

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The rights of settlers were extended with the Virginia House of Burgesses by

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electing representatives to an assembly

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut influenced the U.S. Constitution because --

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it was the first written constitution in the American colonies

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The Mayflower Compact was important in the development of representative government because the document --

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established self-government in the British colonies

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The list above represents attempts to --

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establish representative government in the colonies