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 Magna Carta 2 Natural Rights 3 Representative Government 4 Mayflower Compact 5 John Peter Zenger Trial 6 Consent of the Governed 7 Great Awakening 8 English Bill of Rights 9 John Locke 10 Maryland Act of Toleration 11 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 12 Parliament 13 Virginia Declaration of Rights 14 Distance from England Salutary Neglect Natural Rights 15 Virginia House of Burgesses The first representative government that met in Jamestown Virginia in 1619. It will influence other assemblies in the colonies. Enlightenment thinker who stated that when a government become abusive, the people have the right to overthrow their 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. 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. Created in 1689 during the Glorious Revolution that gave Englishmen basic rights like freedom of religion, trial by jury. Law making body in England This trial established the idea of freedom of the press. That the newspapers are free to print information about the government. Reason why England allowed Colonist to have representative 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. Religious revival that swept through the colonies encouraging an more independent spirit. Life Liberty and the Right to own Property Influenced by Thomas Hooker, became the first written Constitution in America. 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. The idea that government must get the approval of the people that it rules over.