Matching Pairs Growth of Rep. GovtOnline version Match the events, documents and important people who helped establish representative government in the 13 colonies by Bobbi Wood 1 Virginia House of Burgesses 2 Maryland Act of Toleration 3 Magna Carta 4 Great Awakening 5 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 6 Virginia Declaration of Rights 7 English Bill of Rights 8 John Peter Zenger Trial 9 Representative Government 10 Parliament 11 Distance from England Salutary Neglect Natural Rights 12 Mayflower Compact 13 John Locke 14 Consent of the Governed 15 Natural Rights Signed in 1215 that limited the power of the King. It also stated that the King must get the consent of the people before he raised taxes. Created in 1689 during the Glorious Revolution that gave Englishmen basic rights like freedom of religion, trial by jury. Religious revival that swept through the colonies encouraging an more independent spirit. Enlightenment thinker who stated that when a government become abusive, the people have the right to overthrow their government The idea that government must get the approval of the people that it rules over. Influenced by Thomas Hooker, became the first written Constitution in America. Written mainly by George Mason for the colony of Virginia that ensured rights for the colonist. Rights such as freedom of speech and religion and trial by jury. This trial established the idea of freedom of the press. That the newspapers are free to print information about the government. A form of government where people elect Representative to make the laws for them. Granted freedom of religion in the colony of Maryland. It ensured that Catholics were not going to be persecuted. Law making body in England Reason why England allowed Colonist to have representative government Written in 1620 on the Mayflower by the Pilgrims. It established the idea of self-government for a colony whose laws would be created for the good of the colony. Life Liberty and the Right to own Property The first representative government that met in Jamestown Virginia in 1619. It will influence other assemblies in the colonies.
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