How was the foundation of today's representative democracy established in early colonial America? Students will be able to source three documents and corroborate evidence to draw conclusions about the development of democratic ideas and practices during the early colonial period.

Concepts

representative democracy, colonial america

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Additional Tags

early colonial government, historical thinking skills, sourcing, foundations of american government, house of burgesses, mayflower compact, penn's charter of libertie

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)