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How did traditional English notions of government give way to calls for political sovereignty and representative assemblies in America?
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Which feature of government was usedby many colonies prior to the revoulutionary war?
representative assemblies
Which one dont belong limited government popular sovereighty ratification representative government?
Popular sovereignty
Which branch of the new government created by the US Constitution mirrored the representative assemblies that governed the colonies?
legislative
What were the functions of the colonial assemblies during the colonial era?
A step in the growth of representative democracy
Which feature of government was developed most fully during the colonial period?
representative assemblies Legislative assemblies, whose members were elected by voters, evolved during the colonial period. Most became so powerful that they held the power of the purse and so controlled the actions of colonial governors.
Is representative democracy a limited or unlimited government?
Representative democracy is a limited government because power is distributed among elected officials who operate within the constraints of a constitution or legal framework. These officials are accountable to the people through elections and are subject to checks and balances, preventing the concentration of power in any one individual or group.
How were the Parliament the New York Assembly and the House of Burgesses similar?
Parliament, the House of Burgesses, and the New York Assembly are all examples of representative government. Parliament, England's representative government, was established during the late 1200s. When English colonists came to America, they brought with them the tradition of representative government. This led to the establishment of colonial representative assemblies such as the House of Burgesses in Virginia and the New York Assembly.
What Is Represenative Democracy?
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: A form of government where the powers of the sovereignty are delegated to a body of men, elected from time to time, who exercise them for the benefit of the whole nation.
How many bodies made up the Representative Branch of Roman Government?
The government of the Roman did not have a representative branch. The Romans did not practice in direct democracy like we do (electing representatives to sit in legislative bodies). They practiced direct democracy; that is, it was the people who, gathered in popular assemblies, voted directly on bills
Is a representative democracy limited or unlimited?
The traditional assumption about democracy is that it imposes strict checks on arbitrary power. Therefore, representative democracy should be, in theory, a limited government.
What are the four essential elements of the state?
People Territory Government Sovereignty
What movement undermined faith in traditional authority and set the stage for working men to participate in representative government?
the Great Awakening
