Limitations on an individual's absolute, centralized authority had been part of British political institutions since 1215 with King John's signing of the Magna Carta. As Virginia was founded in 1607 by a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company, its primary function was economical and thus its chartered organization and structure was built around a leadership body, not one absolute leader. The Mayflower Compact of 1620 created reciprocal civil bonds among the signatories, fostering a cooperative governing style. Future colonies were founded throughout the Enlightenment period, which applied Renaissance and Classical advances in Humanism and Reason to political systems and emphasized the natural freedom of mankind and thus the invalidity of political systems contradictory to this natural law. The merchant class saw representative government as a way of ensuring that their entrepreneurial exercise was neither restricted not forcefully redirected to benefit another individual. Farmers encouraged growth of representative systems as well, as they now owned the land they worked, not a King they had never met and who acted in his, not the landowner's interests. The British Crown's tax increase on Colonial goods to pay for the Seven Years War in distant India conflicted with the individualistic autonomy and expectation of mutual benefit inherent in these institutions and thus caused them to become more fervent in response. The Colonies then pursued joint efforts through contract to preserve this freedom, the contracts ensuring that the signatories' rights were respected and responsibilities agreed to.
Bouston Tea Party and The Stamp Act
why did Britain interfere with colonial government in the mid-1700's
If you produced tobacco in one of the southern colonies in the late Colonial Era you were a very important financial asset to your government. These tobacco producers did have a say in their colonial government for this reason.
The job of House of Burgesses was to decide laws and determine local taxation.
The Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, established a foundational framework for self-governance in the New World. It created a social contract where the settlers agreed to form a government and abide by its laws, promoting order and cooperation. This early form of democratic governance influenced later colonial charters and laid the groundwork for the development of representative government in America, emphasizing the importance of consent and collective decision-making among the governed.
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Colonists protected themselves from abuse of power by forming a representative government.
Representative government
elective Representative to colonial government
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parliamentary support of colonial legislatures
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Representative Government.
representative government; freedom of speech and religion
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A step in the growth of representative democracy