Relacionar Columnas Growth of Rep. GovtVersión en línea Match the events, documents and important people who helped establish representative government in the 13 colonies por Bobbi Wood 1 Consent of the Governed 2 Distance from England Salutary Neglect Natural Rights 3 Natural Rights 4 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 5 English Bill of Rights 6 John Peter Zenger Trial 7 Maryland Act of Toleration 8 Great Awakening 9 John Locke 10 Virginia House of Burgesses 11 Virginia Declaration of Rights 12 Magna Carta 13 Parliament 14 Mayflower Compact 15 Representative Government 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. This trial established the idea of freedom of the press. That the newspapers are free to print information about the government. 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. Life Liberty and the Right to own Property Law making body in England Religious revival that swept through the colonies encouraging an more independent spirit. 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. Enlightenment thinker who stated that when a government become abusive, the people have the right to overthrow their 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. 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. 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.