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Foundations of Representative Government in America

Explore the key influences of English traditions and colonial practices that shaped the government of the United States. Learn about representative government, important documents like Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, and colonial traditions such as the Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses. Understand how these foundations laid the groundwork for the current government based on the United States Constitution.

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Foundations of Representative Government in America

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  1. Foundations of Representative Government in America English and Colonial Influences

  2. What is government? • A government refers to the law-making body of a country that makes the laws that the people will follow.

  3. What is a representative government? • A type of government in which people elect leaders to represent them and make decisions for them.

  4. English Traditions • Ideas about the government from England that influenced the government of the colonies and of the United States: • Magna Carta 1215 (limited the power of the king; Englishmen had the right to trial by jury) • British Parliament(government of England that together with the king made laws for the country) • English Bill of Rights1689(gave individual rights such as trial by jury, freedom of speech to people in England)

  5. Which of the following English documents originally limited the power of the king? • English Bill of Rights • Mayflower Compact • Magna Carta • Declaration of Independence

  6. Colonial Traditions • Ideas about the government in the 13 colonies that influenced the current government of the United States. • Mayflower Compact 1620(idea of self-government; Pilgrims agreed to govern themselves and follow the rules) • Virginia House of Burgesses 1619 (1st representative legislature in America; Jamestown colonists voted for their leaders) • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 (1st written constitution; detailed plan for an actual government)

  7. The first written constitution in America was the • Mayflower Compact • Magna Carta • English Bill of Rights • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  8. All of these important documents and government institutions helped to create the current government of the United States which is based on the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

  9. Why does it matter? Today Back then

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