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5 Colonial America
Representative Government and its Growth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Systems of Government | Distributes power among different parts and levels of the state. |
| Monarchy | political system based upon the rule of a single person. |
| Representative Government | A type of democracy founded on the principle of elected persons representing a group of people. |
| European Colonists | Settlers who came from England, France, Portugal, and Spain. |
| Mayflower Compact | A set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | The first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. |