Before going ashore, Plymouth passengers agreed to "combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick." What colonial document did they sign?

What did the Mayflower Compact authorize Plymouth settlers to do for their new colony?

Plymouth settlers landed outside the area their patent covered and feared disorder. They signed a mutual agreement before settlement. What principle were they using?

The Compact promised "just & equall Lawes" for the "generall good of ye Colonie." What civic idea did that language express?

Why was the Mayflower Compact not a royal charter?

Virginia's legislature traces its 1619 beginning to an elected assembly meeting at Jamestown. What was that colonial assembly called?

What term names a written grant that authorized a colony and defined some powers of government?

The Virginia Company's 1606 charter granted land for a colony and set up a council to govern it. Where did that charter's authority come from?

Virginia settlers chose burgesses to meet with the governor and council instead of voting on each law themselves. What type of government did this practice develop?

The Maryland Charter allowed laws with the advice and assent of freemen or their delegates. What colonial practice did that support?

In New England, eligible town voters gathered to discuss and vote on local bylaws, budgets, and policies. What was this practice called?

In a colonial New England town meeting, who directly voted on local issues?

A Massachusetts town's voters gather to choose selectmen, approve local taxes, and decide school spending. What form of self-government does this show?

A colonial assembly asks voters to choose burgesses; a town meeting lets qualified residents vote on the tax themselves. What is the key difference?

The Mayflower passengers mutually agreed to be governed by laws they would make for the colony. Which later constitutional principle does that anticipate?

Connecticut's Fundamental Orders in 1639 set out a framework for government in one written plan. What later American practice did that anticipate?

By 1643, Virginia's elected burgesses met separately from the governor's appointed council. What kind of legislature did that create?

In Massachusetts Bay, colony-wide elections for the legislature were limited to church-member "freemen," but who could vote at the local town meeting?

Colonial charters put governmental powers in writing before disputes arose. Which later American habit does that most directly support?

In 1619 Virginia's assembly debated measures and approved a tax law through elected burgesses. Which power of later legislatures does that anticipate?