Colonial Government and Town Meetings

• 1Colonial governments allowed for self-rule and community involvement.
• 2Town meetings were where people discussed local issues.
• 3These meetings helped develop the idea of democracy.

1. 1619

   Virginia's House of Burgesses, the first elected assembly, meets

2. 1620

   The Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact

3. 1639

   Connecticut adopts the Fundamental Orders

4. 1754

   Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union