How Could A Legislature Restrain A Monarch

Question: How could a LEGISLATURE restrain a monarch and establish LIMITED GOVERNMENT?

Answer: It could pass LAWS that restricted the MONARCH’ S POWER.

Question: How do DIRECT DEMOCRACY and REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY differ?

Answer: In a DIRECT DEMOCRACY ,the people rule themselves.In a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY ,they choose others to govern them.

Question: What two ancient DEMOCRACIES helped shape the SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT we have today?

Answer: GREECE and ROME

Question: How did the writings of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu influence ideas about GOVERNMENT in what became the United States?

Answer: The application of ideas about EQUALITY,NATURAL RIGHTS,and a SOCIAL CONTRACT between a government and its people.

Question: How did lawmaking at JAMESTOWN differ from lawmaking at PLYMOUTH?

Answer: JAMESTOWN settlers set up a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY in the HOUSE OF BURGESSES,while the MAYFLOWER COMPACT started a DIRECT DEMOCRACY.The HOUSE OF BURGESSES made the laws for the JAMESTOWN colonists,while the PLYMOUTH colonists made their own laws directly.