Origins of Government - Part 1 Review

This country eventually controlled all of the 13 colonies

• The Netherlands

• France

• England

In this plan, Benjamin Franklin proposed an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies

• Articles of Confederation

• Albany Plan of Union

• Committees of Correspondence

This group was formed to create a “league of friendship” for defense against Native Americans.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Sons of Liberty

• New England Confederation

The English colonies stretched for 1,300 miles along this coast. 

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Gulf of Mexico

The idea that the government is restricted in what they may do, and each individual has certain rights the government can’t take away.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

What choice did colonists have to face in regard to Parliament’s taxes?

• Ignore Them

• Submit to the Tax or Revolt

• Try to elect representatives to parliament

The colonists refused to accept this groups claim that it had a right to control their local affairs

• Royal Governors

• Colonial Legislators

• Parliament

The idea that government should serve the will of the people along with a growing Insistence that people should have a voice in deciding what government should  and should not do.

• Socialism

• Representative Government

• Oligarchy

Developed by English Barons, this document included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law.

• English Bill of Rights

• Petition of Right

• Magna Carta

Most colonists saw themselves as this

• Americans

• British Subjects

• Foreigners