Foundations of American Democracy

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Representative democracy

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A system where people vote for representatives to debate and pass laws, budgets, and reforms.

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What is the Mayflower Compact?

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Written in 1620 by Puritan men on the Mayflower to establish self-government and maintain order in Plymouth.

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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A building where elected legislators met to debate and pass laws, reforms, and budgets.

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The Mayflower Compact is an example of self-government. What is self-government?

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a government created by the people

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Year the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was written

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1639

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In the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims created a "civil body politic." What is a civil body politic?

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a government

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What document is the excerpt "Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield" from?

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Which of the following is a group of legislators (people elected to make laws)?

A. The Mayflower Compact

B. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

C. The Virginia House of Burgesses

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C. The VHB

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What idea about government was inspired by the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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including a list of people's individual rights in a constitution