Development of Representative Government

A key principle of the Mayflower Compact what that it:

• Established guidelines for trading with the Native Americans

• Permitted trade negotiations with Great Britain

• Included the idea of self government

• Suggested religious freedom for all

How was the Virginia House of Burgesses important to the development of democracy in the thirteen colonies?

• It was the first representative assembly in the 13 colonies

• It created the first constitution in America

• It introduced the principle of electing judges

• It included a Bill of Rights to protect individual rights

What was significant about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? (1639)

• It was the first form of Representative assembly

• It was the first form of Self government in America

• It was the first Constitution in the colonies

• It established the Principle of Judicial Review

Which was NOT a contributing factor to the Growth of Representative Government in the colonies?

• Distance from England

• Salutary Neglect

• Trade policies

• Magna Carta

Representative Government appealed to the early American colonists because:

• It gave great power to churches

• It gave the colonists more freedom and a voice in their government

• It gave the colonists a chance to travel to England and see how the British Government worked

• The colonists had no freedom before traveling to America

How did Salutary Neglect affect the colonies?

• The colonies were left alone, which allowed them to develop their own ideas about Government

• The colonies has strict trade policies

• The colonies were only allowed to trade with England

• The colonies were finally told to move westward and expand

How did the clause above help guarantee the rights of individuals living in England?

• It guaranteed the right to a lawyer

• It guaranteed the right to no taxation without representation

• It guaranteed the right to the law of the land

• It guaranteed the right to a fair trial by their peers

What was significant about the New England Town Meetings?

• It was the first representative assembly in the 13 colonies

• They allowed citizen participation in town governments (Direct Democracy)

• Citizens in New England had religious freedom

• They gave women in the Puritan towns of Massachusetts the right to vote

The House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, town meetings, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut all contributed to the?

• growth of the economy

• growth of the king's power in the colonies

• growth of slavery in the colonies

• growth of representative government in the colonies

Representative forms of government spread throughout Colonial America because ​ _______________. (Select 3 Correct Answers)

• geographic distance from England

• need for lawmaking structure

• regulate trade with other countries

• influence of John Locke's Enlightenment Philosophies

• punish people for crimes against Native Americans

Answer explanation

Representative forms of government spread throughout Colonial America because of the geographic distance from England, the need for lawmaking structure, and the influence of John Locke's Enlightenment Philosophies.