Root Documents

MAGNA CARTA

• Guaranteed rights to Englishmen; trial by jury, personal freedoms, etc..
• Granted rights to noblemen and freemen. Limited the power of the king. Included due process, right to fair  trial
• Document that stated the self-government would be established in the colony; social contrac
• First representative assembly in the colonies; Virginia

HOUSE OF BURGESSES

• Extended voting rights to non-church members. First constitution in the colonies; self-government
• Document that stated the self-government would be established in the colony; social contract
• Granted rights to noblemen and freemen. Limited the power of the king. Included due process, right to fair  trial
• First representative assembly in the colonies; Virginia

MAYFLOWER COMPACT

• Document that stated the self-government would be established in the colony; social contract
• Guaranteed rights to Englishmen; trial by jury, personal freedoms, etc..
• Extended voting rights to non-church members. First constitution in the colonies; self-government
• Limits of those in power so they cannot take advantage of their elected positions; Rule of law, all must obey

FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT

• Document that stated the self-government would be established in the colony; social contract
• Extended voting rights to non-church members. First constitution in the colonies; self-government
• Based on the idea of elected representation in the colonies
• 1.  Guaranteed rights to Englishmen; trial by jury, personal freedoms, etc..  

ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS 1689

• Granted rights to noblemen and freemen. Limited the power of the king. Included due process, right to fair  trial
• Limits of those in power so they cannot take advantage of their elected positions; Rule of law, all must obey
• Guaranteed rights to Englishmen; trial by jury, personal freedoms, etc..
• Document that stated the self-government would be established in the colony; social contract

TOWN MEETINGS

• People vote for political representatives
• People hold supreme power; government based on the consent of the governed
• First representative assembly in the colonies; Virginia
• Based on the idea of elected representation in the colonies

SEPARATION OF POWERS

• Three branch government. Legislative, Executive, Judicial
• Distribution of power between a federal government and the states.
• System that allows each branch the ability to limit the power of the other two.
• People vote for political representatives

CHECKS & BALANCES

• Three branch government. Legislative, Executive, Judicial
• Based on the idea of elected representation in the colonies
• System that allows each branch the ability to limit the power of the other two.
• England’s bicameral legislature; representative body in England that colonists used as a model.

REPUBLICANISM

• People hold supreme power; government based on the consent of the governed
• Distribution of power between a federal government and the states.
• Limits of those in power so they cannot take advantage of their elected positions; Rule of law, all must obey
• People vote for political representatives

POPULAR SOVERIGNTY

• Based on the idea of elected representation in the colonies
• People hold supreme power; government based on the consent of the governed
• England’s bicameral legislature; representative body in England that colonists used as a model.
• Distribution of power between a federal government and the states.