Mayflower Compact - 1st example of self-government, Virginia House of Burgesses - 1st example of representative government, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - 1st written constitution, Mana Carta - limits power of the king, English Bill of Rights - protects individual rights, Ideas brought to the colonies from England - Magna Carta & English Bill of Rights, England was far away - reason the colonies developed self-government,

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