EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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early social reform movements
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attempts to build a strong national government
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steps in the growth of representative democracy
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efforts to regulate trade with Native American Indians
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The House of Burgesses was important because it was the first legislative and democratic government in America. The House of Burgesses played a very important role in the American Revolutionary War, as well as in the creation of an organized, democratic government for the newly created America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mayflower Compact was important because it was the first document to establish self-government in the New World.
Detailed explanation-4: -The House of Burgesses was important because it was the first legislative body in British North America and because it became a representation of the struggle between the crown and the colonists’ desire for self-governance.