What were the reasons for the growth of representative government during the early colonial period?

8.3C Describe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth of representative government in the American colonies. Religious freedom was a main cause for the establishment of the American colonies. Religious groups (Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers, etc.) created communities that were self-governed.

Religious freedom was a main cause for the establishment of the American colonies. Religious groups (Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers, etc.) created communities that were self-governed.

Isolated, subsistence societies are always run by consensus- there is too much at stake to squabble about details. The first Virginia colony almost died because the colonists could not get extraneous issues such as class, entitlement, personal interests out of the way. The Plymouth colony, and most succeeding colonies focused on immediate needs and governed by informal consensus. It helped that during the 17th Century, Britain was engulfed by civil wars of various kinds and did not interfere with the American colonies much. Given the Anglo-Saxon tradition of general representative government (annual ‘wappentake’ events, the Magna Charta, ‘Common Law’) it was natural for the American colonies to govern themselves in the traditional way- consensus among adult, white males.

a case involving the laws of a single state.

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.