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COLONIAL EXPERIENCES IN SELF GOVERNMENT LG: I can describe the experience colonies had in self government. THE FIRST COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS • England founded colonies in America throughout the 1600’s. • The early colonist were loyal to England. • They brought to America the traditons, beliefs, and changes that had shaped England’s government. • These include a strong belief in their rights and representative government. COLONIAL EXPERIENCES IN SELF GOVERNMENT • The first permanent English settlement in North America was Jamestown. • It was located in what is now Virginia. • It was owned by a group of London merchants in the hopes the colony would make money for the company. • To attract settlers, the company allowed the colony to make its own laws. HOUSE OF BURGESSES • The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly to be set up in the Americas. • This was an important step in the movement toward independence from the English monarchy. • Although the legislative body was still under the rule of the English crown. • England was to have a limited monarchy over the region, giving Virginians — and the ensuing colonies — the freedom to form their own local laws for governance. HOUSE OF BURGESS • The House of Burgesses was an important experiment in democracy during colonial times. • It would help set up legislative bodies that would continue to be models for democracy after America declared independence from England. TOWN MEETINGS • The New England Town Meetings first began 300 years ago, approximately 1620 in the New England colonies. • When the Puritans traveled to America in order to have religious freedom, they developed a type of town meeting to discuss particular issues. MAYFLOWER COMPACT • The Mayflower Compact, was signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620,. • This was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. • The compact was drafted to prevent disagreements between Puritans and Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier.
