Relier Pairs Growth of Rep. GovtVersion en ligne Match the events, documents and important people who helped establish representative government in the 13 colonies par Bobbi Wood 1 Consent of the Governed 2 Maryland Act of Toleration 3 Parliament 4 Representative Government 5 Magna Carta 6 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 7 Virginia House of Burgesses 8 Virginia Declaration of Rights 9 English Bill of Rights 10 Great Awakening 11 Natural Rights 12 Distance from England Salutary Neglect Natural Rights 13 Mayflower Compact 14 John Peter Zenger Trial 15 John Locke 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. Law making body in England Reason why England allowed Colonist to have representative government 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. Life Liberty and the Right to own Property 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. Religious revival that swept through the colonies encouraging an more independent spirit. Created in 1689 during the Glorious Revolution that gave Englishmen basic rights like freedom of religion, trial by jury. The idea that government must get the approval of the people that it rules over. Granted freedom of religion in the colony of Maryland. It ensured that Catholics were not going to be persecuted. 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. Enlightenment thinker who stated that when a government become abusive, the people have the right to overthrow their government Influenced by Thomas Hooker, became the first written Constitution in America. The first representative government that met in Jamestown Virginia in 1619. It will influence other assemblies in the colonies.