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Add #5 Roots of Representative Government Warm Up: Quick Write: Using at least 5 vocabulary words, write a short story (no shorter than 7 sentences) relating.

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1 Add #5 Roots of Representative Government Warm Up: Quick Write: Using at least 5 vocabulary words, write a short story (no shorter than 7 sentences) relating to colonization. Pre-A must use 8-10 words Frayer Model (make 2) Your Journal Should Look Like :

2 Frayer Model Vocabulary word goes here DefinitionSentence Examples Picture

3 Roots of Representative Government NOTES IN RED

4 Some Reasons for Growth of Representative Government Distance from England Colonists accustomed to English traditions and Parliament Already Self-Governing

5 How Religion and Virtue Contributed to the Growth of Representative Government Religious Freedom one of the reasons they came Religious groups created communities that were self-governed Penn Colony was experiment in the possibility of equality and the involvement of citizens in government

6 Thomas Hooker- - Puritan Reverend from Connecticut. - Influenced the FOC: 1 st written Constitution - Believed in democracy, limited government, and consent of the governed William Penn- -Should be able to live according to your religious beliefs Important “Fathers” of Freedom

7 John Locke-  personal liberty can coexist with political order.  Consent is the basis for government.  Government is a social contract that can be modified at any time.  Legislative and executive branches of government.  Unalienable rights: life, liberty, protection of property

8 William Blackstone- -Religious Tolerance. -Self-Defense (2 nd amendment). -Natural Rights Charles de Montesquieu- -added the judiciary to Locke's executive and legislative (3 branches). -Believed that education is necessary for a republic. William Bradford -Self-government -Majority rules Important “Fathers” of Freedom

9 Mayflower Compact 1620 Social Contract Established Idea of Self-Government and Majority Rule

10 Virginia House of Burgesses 1619 First Representative Assembly Began to safeguard individual rights

11 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1638 First Written Constitution in the Colonies People had right to elect Governors, Judges, Legislatures Written by the people and written down

12 Magna Carta Limited the Power of the King Protected the people

13 English Bill of Rights Basis for the American Bill of Rights Established Free Elections Ruler Could Not Cancel Laws or Impose Taxes No Excessive Fines or Punishments

14 Copy of Mayflower Compact


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