1. 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?

3. 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

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

6. 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

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

8. Mayflower Compact Video

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

10. 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

13. 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?