Hey Republicanism! Where'd you come from?

Several important precedents originated with the Magna Carta, especially...

• The powers of the King were limited for the first time

• The Council of Lords became a body of representatives for the people

• Taxes could not be imposed by the Crown without the consent of the people's representatives

• All of these were important precedents established by the Magna Carta

Englishmen brought their expectations of representative government with them to the New World. This first manifests itself in...

• Connecticut; Grand Council of Connecticut

• Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania House of Represenatives

• Virginia; Virginia House of Burgesses

• Massachusetts; Grand Council of Massachusetts

Religious dissidents arrived in "the northern parts of Virginia" in 1620. Their first act upon arrival was...

• ...to issue the Great Charter of Virginia

• ...to write the Fundamental Orders of Conncecticut

• ...to execute the Captain of the Mayflower

• ...to write the Mayflower Compact

Some were unhappy with the strict conditions in Massachusetts, prompting them to leave and establish new colonies elsewhere. Roger Williams did so because...

• He insisted in the separation of church and state

• He had a religious disagreement with William Bradford

• He had a crush on Anne Hutchinson

• He thought that being a "visible saint" was not a strict enough standard for political participation

When Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts, he and his followers wrote the first real constitution in America, called...

• The Great Charter of Virginia

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Mayflower Compact

As the French and Indian War became imminent, Benjamin Franklin attempted to unify the colonies with...

• The Albany Plan of Union

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The First Continental Congress

• The Second continental Congress

After the Intolerable Acts, the colonies unite in their support for Massachusetts and agree to prepare for armed conflict in...

• The First Continental Congress

• The Second Continental Congress

• The Albany Plan of Union

• The Articles of Confederation

The first time the British colonies in America unite for a common goal was...

• The Albany Plan of Union

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The First Continental Congress

• The Second Contintinental Congress

The first constitution of the United States was...

• The United States Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Articles of Confederation

The single most important complaint of American colonists after the French and Indian War was...

• They weren't allowed to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains

• They weren't allowed to trade with non-British colonies

• They were being taxed without colonial representation in Parliament

• Tax collectors were seizing cargoes with "writs of assistance"