House of Burgesses/ Mayflower Compact/ FOC

Mayflower Compact

English Bill of Rights

The House of Burgesses

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Mayflower Compact

English Bill of Rights

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The House of Burgesses

Mayflower Compact

English Bill of Rights

The House of Burgesses

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

created a general council to manage the colonies

experienced strict control by Parliament

established their own representative governments

appointed governors who reported to the King

limited property ownership to church members

extended voting rights beyond church members

restricted trade with neighboring colonies

asked the king to appoint a governor for the colony

creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians

election of British colonists to Parliament

growth of representative government in the British colonies

expansion of British trade in the Americas

The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.

Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.

The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.

The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.

It helped establish the tradition of self-government.

It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.

It established the concept of unalienable rights.

It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.

The opportunity for trade with American Indians

The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

The doctrine of the Church of England

The economic system of mercantilism