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The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elective governing body in the newly established British colonies. It was a representative assembly in colonial Virginia and was established by governor George Yeardly at Jamestown. It included a council which was appointed by the Virginia Company, and two elected delegates from each of the eleven settlements. This event further helped lead to the creation of a distinctly unique American government as the council shared their concerns revolving around the small community they now had to manage, coming up with ideas on how to fairly split certain supplies amongst the states and create laws that would benefit the states. (prime example of democracy).

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Traveling by sea on the Mayflower to the New World, a group of pilgrims on board seeking the right to worship as they desired, the Mayflower Compact was a set of rules created for self-governance. The settlers realized that without laws life would become catastrophic, they made the compact in order to ensure a functioning social structure. This event helped lead to the creation of a distinctly unique American government as laws will continue to be created in order to help govern everyone and every aspect of government in order to guarantee a fair system to benefit all.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut established both the powers and limits of government, it formed a confederation guided by God and the Christian religion. Though contrasting the separation of Church and state, this event was an early establishment of checks and balances as it ensured that the government would not abuse or have too much power over the people.

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Presenting the Bill of Rights to William and Mary 

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Known today as Parliament Privilege, the English Bill of Rights was a bill that established the principles of parliament like free elections and freedom of speech within the institution. This event would later help influence the creation of the United States congress, ensuring that the people have a say on who represents them in the government and that everything is done in a fair manor that acknowledges the needs of the public.

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Locke believed that all individuals are equal as they're born with certain "inalienable" natural rights, God-given rights. These rights were life, liberty, and property. This philosophy established that everyone, American or not (mostly American), has those rights and thus none of them can be taken away from them, creating a new layer of protection when it came to the individual.

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Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, challenged the authority of the British monarchy and was the first piece of literature to openly ask for the U.S. independence from Great Britain. This event helped encourage the colonists to push and ultimately gain their independence.

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The Declaration of Independence was a unanimous declaration of the thirteen colonies of the United States officially separating themselves from the tyrannical Great Britain. This event would later influence the creation of the three branches of government, and other institutions, in order to reduce the chances of the new United States government from becoming tyrannical itself.

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The Articles of Confederation served as the first United States constitution, establishing a congress with representation that was not based on population, each state had only one vote. This event created a fair voting system which is still alive and working in today's government, preventing corruption and tyranny.

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The United States Constitution united all citizens as common members of a whole, placing the power of the union in the people of the country. This event solidified the rights of the people within the country, it gave the government a purpose as to who's interest they must protect and who they must serve.