Fifteen Ways the English Colonies Supported the Concept of Democracy
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Fifteen Ways the English Colonies Supported the Concept of Democracy by Matthew Elton copyright 2007 Matthew Elton Fifteen ways the English Colonies supported the concept of democracy: 1. Most colonies supported freedom of religion. 2. The Mayflower Compact established basic laws for the “general good of ye Colony” 3. Most colonies supported freedom of press. 4. The colonies strongly opposed “taxation without representation”. 5. Most colonies supported freedom of speech. 6. Most colonies supported the right to bear arms. 7. Most colonies established a frequent rotation of government leaders, so no single leader could stay in office for life. 8. Government leaders did not receive fixed pay. 9. The Pennsylvania Charter stated that Pennsylvania should be a colony a free people governed by their own laws. 10. In Pennsylvania, judicial and executive officers were elected by the people. 11. The “Sons of Liberty” society strongly supported democratic ideals. 12. The Stamp Act was strongly opposed because it was created by the king and parliament, and colonial citizens had no say in its development. 13. Puritans in New England established a government in which, “for eighteen years all laws were enacted in a general assembly of all the colonists. The governor, chosen annually, was but president of a council, in which he had a double vote. It consisted first of one, then of five, and finally of seven members, called assistants.”
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Fifteen Ways the English Colonies Supported the Concept of Democracyby Matthew Elton
copyright 2007 Matthew Elton
Fifteen ways the English Colonies supported the concept of democracy:
1. Most colonies supported freedom of religion.
2. The Mayflower Compact established basic laws for the “general good of ye
Colony”
3. Most colonies supported freedom of press.
4. The colonies strongly opposed “taxation without representation”.
5. Most colonies supported freedom of speech.
6. Most colonies supported the right to bear arms.
7. Most colonies established a frequent rotation of government leaders, so no
single leader could stay in office for life.
8. Government leaders did not receive fixed pay.
9. The Pennsylvania Charter stated that Pennsylvania should be a colony a free
people governed by their own laws.
10. In Pennsylvania, judicial and executive officers were elected by the people.
11. The “Sons of Liberty” society strongly supported democratic ideals.
12. The Stamp Act was strongly opposed because it was created by the king and
parliament, and colonial citizens had no say in its development.
13. Puritans in New England established a government in which, “for eighteen
years all laws were enacted in a general assembly of all the colonists. The
governor, chosen annually, was but president of a council, in which he had a
double vote. It consisted first of one, then of five, and finally of seven
members, called assistants.”
14. Many colonists were willing to fight and die in the American Revolutionary
War to establish a democratic government.
15. Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet Common Sense supported the ideals of
democracy.
