Representative Government

Locke's natural (unalienable) rights include...

• life, liberty, and property

• pizza, chips, and soda

• life, property, and travel

• freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assembly

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

• It had 435 members

• Members were chosen by the governor

• The governor had no power to make its decision

• Representatives were elected by the people

First written constitution in the American colonies that influenced many ideas that are found in the U.S. Constitution.

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

William Blackstone

• Explorer- Discovered the Americas
• English Philosopher 
  Government is a social Contract
  Purpose is to protect life, liberty, and property
• Believed in self-defense and common law
• Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  Governor of the Spanish Colony of Louisiana
  

In 1689, the King and Queen of England granted some basic rights to English citizens, such as a trial by jury and no cruel and unusual punishments.

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights

1st representative governing body in the American colonies.

• English Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Congress

What did the Mayflower Compact include?

• It was the first constitution in the colonies
• it had a form of self-government
• in was the first elected legislative assembly in the colonies
• none of these

1620

• Magna Carta
• Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact
• Christoper Colombus discovers America

What is the Magna Carta?

• limited the power of the monarchy and allowed a trial by jury
• strengthened the power of the monarchy
• form of self-government
• 1st representative assembly in the colonies

The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the 

• the first time a council advised the Virginia Company
• only legislative body in England
• first election of women as leaders
• first elective legislative body in America