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 Great Awakening 2 Parliament 3 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 4 John Peter Zenger Trial 5 Consent of the Governed 6 Virginia House of Burgesses 7 John Locke 8 Virginia Declaration of Rights 9 Magna Carta 10 Representative Government 11 Mayflower Compact 12 Maryland Act of Toleration 13 English Bill of Rights 14 Natural Rights 15 Distance from England Salutary Neglect Natural Rights Enlightenment thinker who stated that when a government become abusive, the people have the right to overthrow their government Granted freedom of religion in the colony of Maryland. It ensured that Catholics were not going to be persecuted. The idea that government must get the approval of the people that it rules over. Created in 1689 during the Glorious Revolution that gave Englishmen basic rights like freedom of religion, trial by jury. Influenced by Thomas Hooker, became the first written Constitution in America. 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. This trial established the idea of freedom of the press. That the newspapers are free to print information about the government. 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. The first representative government that met in Jamestown Virginia in 1619. It will influence other assemblies in the colonies. A form of government where people elect Representative to make the laws for them. Religious revival that swept through the colonies encouraging an more independent spirit. Reason why England allowed Colonist to have representative government Life Liberty and the Right to own Property Law making body in England 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.
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