Government Documents

The Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings, and the Virginia House of Birgesses are all examples of early colonial effors in self-government.

• True

• False

What is the first example of colonial European self-government in northeastern North America.

• Seperation of Powers

• Mayflower Compact

• Social Contract Theory

• Bicameralism

What is the purpose of the Magna Carta?

• Declared war on France.

• Divided England

• Made new taxes.

• Limit the kings power.

Which one is an example of the first representative assembly in the English colonies in 1619?

• New England town meeting

• Fundametal orders of Connecticut

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

What is the name of the first written plan of self-government for an American colony?

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right.

• Fundamental Orders.