Roots of Representative Government

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

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

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

1620

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

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

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.

8.3 (B)

• It helped establish the tradition 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(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