Growth of Representative Government

8.3(A) 8.29(B)

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
• election of British colonists to Parliament
• growth of representative government in the British colonies
• expansion of British trade in the Americas

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.
• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.
• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.
• The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.

8.3(A)

• Created a general council to manage the colonies
• Experienced strict control by Parliament
• Established their own representative institutions
• Appointed governors who reported to the King

8.3(A) 

• The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government.
• Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies.
• The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense.
• Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries. 

8.3 (B)

• It was the colonies first written constitution and an example of self-government.

• It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.

• It established the concept of unalienable rights.

• It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.

8.3 (B)

• It limited the power of future colonial governments.
• It weakened the influence of religion in government.
• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.
• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government. 

8.3(A) The development of representative government was fostered by the colonists’ belief in-- 

• Self-government
• Religious freedom
• Mercantilism
• Patriotism

8.3 (B) The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and FundamentalOrders of Connecticut were important in the development of democracy because they -- 

• gave all colonists the right to vote.
• ensured religious freedom
• overrode the power of the English king
• focused on the importance of self-government.

This document created the idea of limited government by limiting the power of the King.

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

Since the colonist were British subjects they believed this document protected their rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• The Constitution