HIST-UA 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Income Tax, Due Process, Direct Election
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Early forms and steps towards democracy and representative government in the colonies include: Mayflower compact, fundamental order of connecticut, new england town meetings and house of burgesses. Early government influenced by the enlightenment including john locke"s ideas of: natural rights, people are sovereign, consent of the governed. John peter zenger case: established freedom of the press in the early colonies. Colonies were controlled by england through a policy of mercantilism: economic policy where colonies exist to provide raw materials to the mother country; limited manufacturing the colonies; put restrictions on colonial trade. Declaration of independence lists the grievances of the colonist against the king of england. Declaration of independence influenced by the enlightenment and including john locke"s ideas of: natural rights, people are sovereign, consent of the governed. According to john locke, if a government fails to protect your natural rights, you have the right to abolish the government.
