2. The type of government we have today began with the people questioning their leaders and demanding fairness.
Essential Questions
How does Representative Government (Self- Government) develop in English History and how did this growth influence the Thirteen Colonies?
How did the idea of the “The People” evolve over time?

3. What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?
Magna Carta 1215
King John of England was forced to sign by the nobles of England
Required King to recognize the rights of English nobles (citizens)
King’s power was LIMITED
What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?

4. What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?
English Bill of Rights 1689
What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?
Put more limits on the power of the King
No new taxes without consent of Parliament
Identified more rights of the people (“Free men” were mostly the nobles and property) owners)
Gave powers to Parliament
William and Mary in March 1689, were invited to become joint sovereigns of England. This meant they had to share power with parliament.

5. With a partner, List all the things you see going on in this picture
With a partner, List all the things you see going on in this picture. What are people doing? Where could they be? What could be happening?
Mayflower Compact, 1620
Signed by the Pilgrims upon the Mayflower before landing upon Plymouth Rock

6. Virginia House of Burgess 1619
The first elected representative government in the Colonies.
House of Burgesses creates laws and taxes for the colony
What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?

7. What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?
Mayflower Compact 1620
First government document in the colonies
Colonists agreed to elect leaders and for all of them to follow laws that were created
Majority Rule
What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?

8. What do you notice about the signers of the Mayflower Compact?
John Carver William Bradford Edward Winslow William Brester Isaac Allerton Miles Standish John Alden Samuel Fuller Christopher Martin William Mullins
William White James Chilton John Craxton John Billington Richard Warren John Howland Steven Hopkins Edward Tilly John Tilly Francis Cook
Thomas Rogers Thomas Tinker John Rigdale Edward Fuller John Turner Francis Eaton Moses Fletcher Digery Priest Thomas Williams Gilbert Winslow
Edmond Margeson Peter Brown Richard Bitteridge Richard Clark Richard Gardiner John Allerton Thomas English Edward Doten Edward Liester John Goodman George Soule

9. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639
First written constitution in the Colonies.
It was written by, Thomas Hooker, founder of Connecticut.
Leaders and laws chosen by the people.
What Principles of our Gov’t seem to be illustrated in this example?
“The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people.“
Thomas Hooker

10. Colonial Town Meetings
Most common in New England
Members of the community would meet to discuss issues with “selectmen” to make decisions
Representatives went to Colony assembly

11. Government in the 13 Colonies
Least People and Most Power
King:
owns all
land,
approves laws
Government in the 13 Colonies
Located in
England
3,000 miles of distance
Parliament: law-making group in England that creates laws approved by king
Voters: land-owning, white men
Non-voters: women, Africans, those who didn’t own land (artisans, workers, indentured servants)
Governor: the king's representative who was appointed by the king to rule the colony
***Reports directly to the King
Located in the Colonies
Assemblies: men elected from the colony form a law-making group
***Representative Government***
Land-owning Colonists created self-government and documents to organize it
Town meetings: gathering of land-owning colonists to talk about taxes, money, and laws and elect representatives
Most People and Least Power