Colonial Representative Government

Under ______________, Great Britain did not strictly enforce the laws/rules passed by Parliament that were meant to keep the colonies obedient to Great Britain (the mother country).

• salutary neglect

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

What factors encouraged the growth of self government in the colonies?

• Far distance from England

  3,270 miles!!!

• Salutary Neglect- Left alone to make own rules

• Tradition of rights and representation in England

• All of these!!!

Which of the following is NOT a Colonial Self Government?

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Declaration of Independence

Virginia House of Burgesses was established in _________.

Republicanism is a type of government where citizens elect ____________ to carry out their will.

• representatives

• a king

• soldiers

“Consent of the governed” mean?

• permission of the people

• government has all the power

• the empire controls all

The Mayflower Compact was one of the 1st examples of SELF GOVERNMENT in America- or government by the people.

• True

• False

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut set up a LIMITED GOVERNMENT, where everyone must follow the laws.

• True

• False

• Maybe

John Locke believed in the protection of individual rights, which inspired ________________ who wrote the Declaration of Independence (DOI).

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• King George

Charles de Montesquieu believed in Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances to prevent the government from being corrupt or too powerful.

• True

• False