1. Representative Assembly is best defined as a legislature that is composed of individuals who represent the population. The way that this assembly helped to set up for further colonies is because the representative assembly are individuals that represent a population. They had settled in Plymouth (Massachusetts) and knew that some sort of civil obedience had to be established. So they came up with the Mayflower Compact as a way to establish order in their “society” and as a way to submit to authority. This helped with further documents to be set up in the foreseeable future demonstrating that everyone wanted order.
Perhaps the colonists viewed that Britain had to defend them, which is probably why they were so rebellious when Britain imposed taxes on them. The Sugar Act imposed a tax on colonists that many were unwilling to pay. Colonists didn’t view this as right and boycotted against that. Furthermore, the Stamp Act led to more stuff being taxed and the colonists kept on …show more content…
The fear of a powerful central government was what led to the Articles of Confederation. Confederation is best defined as a political system in which states or regional governments keep ultimate authority except for those powers they expressly delegated to a central government. The Articles of Confederations actually ended up creating a weak central government. Even though the Article of Confederations had many accomplishments some of which included a passage of Northwest Ordinance which was a pattern of government for new territories in the Ohio River. The Articles had many weaknesses one of them was that even though congress had the right to declare war, they could not demand revenue from states, they could only ask. Another weakness was that if they wanted any amendments (changes) to the articles it required a unanimous consent of congress and state legislature. But the biggest weakness of all was that under the Articles, there was a lack of power to raise funds for the
Perhaps the colonists viewed that Britain had to defend them, which is probably why they were so rebellious when Britain imposed taxes on them. The Sugar Act imposed a tax on colonists that many were unwilling to pay. Colonists didn’t view this as right and boycotted against that. Furthermore, the Stamp Act led to more stuff being taxed and the colonists kept on …show more content…
The fear of a powerful central government was what led to the Articles of Confederation. Confederation is best defined as a political system in which states or regional governments keep ultimate authority except for those powers they expressly delegated to a central government. The Articles of Confederations actually ended up creating a weak central government. Even though the Article of Confederations had many accomplishments some of which included a passage of Northwest Ordinance which was a pattern of government for new territories in the Ohio River. The Articles had many weaknesses one of them was that even though congress had the right to declare war, they could not demand revenue from states, they could only ask. Another weakness was that if they wanted any amendments (changes) to the articles it required a unanimous consent of congress and state legislature. But the biggest weakness of all was that under the Articles, there was a lack of power to raise funds for the