Representative Government in the Thirteen Colonies

1620

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

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

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 (B)

• It limited the power of future colonial governments.
• It weakened the influence of religion in government.
• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.
• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government. 

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.

Influenced Separation of Power and Checks and Balances 

• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Montesquieu 
• George Washington 

He believed in Freedom of Religion and living by the democratic process.

• William Penn
• William Blackstone
• John Locke
• Thomas Jackson

What is significant about the Mayflower Compact?

• 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