SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Examples of self-government
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Precedents for international trade
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Economic precedents that led to strong growth
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examples of religious freedom
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Virginia House of Burgesses and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut involved the elections of representatives to carry on government. Thus, they were examples of representative democracy, not direct democracy (A).
Detailed explanation-2: -Virginia House of Burgesses, Town Hall Meetings and Mayflower Compact are the first forms of representative government/ democracy. Only elected representatives can levy taxes or make other decisions for the colonists.
Detailed explanation-3: -All three were representative type governments. They all made laws to help organize and govern the people.
Detailed explanation-4: -Whereas the Mayflower Compact was a general statement in favor of majority rule and government in the interest of the common welfare, the Fundamental Orders set up a detailed scheme of government in which the sovereign power rested with the freemen.
Detailed explanation-5: -The House of Burgesses was one of the earliest examples of colonial limited self-government. 1620: Mayflower Compact (majority rule & Separation of Church and State) After receiving permission to settle in British North America, William Bradford and a group of Separatists left Leiden, Holland for North America in 1619.