EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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reinforced the English Parliaments control over the Colonies
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gave settlers the power to establish colonies
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contributed to the development of representative democracy
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granted absolute authority to the colonial governers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Virginia House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact hada similar effect in that both. A gave settlers the power to establish colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. 4.
Detailed explanation-3: -The House of Burgesses also set the tax rates for the colony, which gave it strong economic control. When the House took over the tax rates and, thus, took control of the colony’s economy, it helped the House once again become an influential branch of the colony’s government.
Detailed explanation-4: -The House of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.