1. Agenda for Monday: English Establish Colonies discussion and notes
State of Nature Activity
Summary and Activity
Take out your ISN and turn to page 13

2. The English Establish 13 Colonies 1585 - 1732
Learning Objective: What were some of the common ideals that link the Mayflower Compact, the establishment of the House of Burgesses, and town meetings?

4. House Of Burgesses
The English kings who ruled the 13 original colonies reserved the right to decide the fate of their colonies as well, but not alone. The colonists drew upon their claims to traditional English rights and insisted on raising their own representative assemblies. Such was the case with the VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES, the first popularly elected legislature in the New World.

5. The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. This was the House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco.

6. House of Burgesses Created in 1619 in Virginia
First representative assembly in American colonies

8. Town Meetings Form of self-government
people made laws and other decisions for the community

9. State of Nature Activity
Blue: Has the right to collect from ALL
Red: Has the right to collect from Green and Purple
Green: Has the right to collect from Yellow and Red
Purple: Has the right to collect from Red and White
Yellow: Has the right to collect from Red and Green
White: No Rights to collect cards

10. Follow up questions
How would this apply to the Pilgrims? Why did they feel it necessary to form laws before leaving the Mayflower?

11. Mayflower Compact Video

12. Definition: The Mayflower Compact was a document signed by 41 male Pilgrims on November 21, By signing this document, the men agreed to form a temporary government and be bound by its laws. The compact became the basis of government in the Plymouth Colony.

13. Mayflower Compact Established Nov., 1620 in Massachusetts
Men on Mayflower vowed to obey the laws agreed upon for the good of the colony
Helped establish the idea of self-government and majority rule

16. Assignment:
Draw a picture to illustrate the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, or a town meeting
Write your summary. It should be 3 – 5 sentences in length and answer the learning objective: What were some of the common ideals that link the Mayflower Compact, the establishment of the House of Burgesses, and town meetings?