Roots of Representative Government

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Roots of Representative Government

• What is representative government?
• Government in which elected officials represent
  the people

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Roots of Representative Government

• Magna Carta
• England 1215
• Limited power of the government
• Established due process, right to life, liberty
  and property

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Roots of Representative Government

• English Bill of Rights
• England
• Expanded individual rights such as trial by jury

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Roots of Representative Government

• Mayflower Compact
• Colonies - 1620
• Established the concept of self government
• Majority rule

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Roots of Representative Government

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• The first written constitution in the 13 colonies

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Roots of Representative Government

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• First representative legislature in the 13
  colonies.