Bell work: On ISN page ,create a Triple Venn Diagram to show similarities and differences between the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies.

Early Forms of Government

House of Burgesses Created in 1619 in Virginia First representative assembly in American colonies Became foundation for the principle of self-government in the colonies

Town Meetings Form of local self-government Landowners made laws and other decisions for the community Helped set the stage for the American Revolution

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

Mayflower Compact Video

What is the Mayflower Compact? a document signed by 41 male Pilgrims on November 21, 1620 in Massachusetts.

Mayflower Compact Men on Mayflower vowed to obey the laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony Helped establish the idea of self-government and majority rule

Set up an organized orderly government Key step in the development of representative, democratic government