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Unit 1 Review. Representative Government . A government that gets its power from the consent of the governed. Example. Duh!!!!!!. Yes, that is part of the reason I founded Pennsylvania. Triangular Trade. Jamestown. Founded in 1607 First permanent English settlement in North America
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Representative Government A government that gets its power from the consent of the governed Example
Yes, that is part of the reason I founded Pennsylvania
Jamestown • Founded in 1607 • First permanent English settlement in North America • Success was, largely to the efforts of John Smith, John Rolfe, and Pocahontas
Why the colonists came to the New World • Religious Freedom • Economic Possibilities
Countries claiming parts of the New World • England • France • Spain
1649, Act of Toleration 1639, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1620, Mayflower Compact 1215, Magna Carta
Quakers We were here!!!
Virginia House of Burgesses • First elected assembly in North America • Imposed taxes and ran the colonies • Modeled after the English Parliament
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut • First written constitution in North America, written by Thomas Hooker. • Adult males elected governors, assistants and legislative assembly to make laws
Did the Middle Colonies have large scale plantations? Yes No
What factors led to increased slavery in the colonies? • Southern farmers discovered crops that they could grow on a large scale • More crops led to the development of the plantation system • The plantation system required a large work force
Free Enterprise • An economic system in which businesses organize and operate with minimal government interference