1. The Growth of Representative Government

2. 1) Why did the colonists start to make their own laws and form governments that were different from a Monarchy?

3. Because of the distance between England and the east coast of America.

5. 2) How did the House of Burgesses influence the growth of representative government in America?

6. It was the first representative assembly in the American Colonies.
1619
It was the first representative assembly in the American Colonies.

7. How did the Mayflower Compact influence the growth of representative government?

8. 1620 Self- Government Majority Rules
Social Contract – people agreed on laws and rules that were for the good of the colony.

10. How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut influence the growth of representative government?

11. 1638
The first written Constitution.

12. What is a constitution?
A rule book.