EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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supported the abolition of slavery
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practiced elements of self-government
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promoted public education
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demanded immediate independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Mayflower Compact of 1620-a governing plan for the Massachusetts colony-followed the Greek traditions of direct democracy and majority agreement in making laws. The House of Burgesses influenced the founders to establish a representative system of government that met to debate issues, make laws, and pass taxes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. The House of Burgesses (1619-1776 CE) was the first English representative government in North America, established in July 1619 CE, for the purpose of passing laws and maintaining order in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia and the other settlements that had grown up around it.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -They all made laws to help organize and govern the people.