3 self-government Documents by Abigail Pedersen

Magna Carta

abigailpedersen1 — 2025-08-21 17:14:49 UTC

"the decision about creating or collecting taxes on that day will be made by a decision reached by vote of majority rule of the representatives of the people…The King shall follow the will of the great council, the King shall not raise or levy taxes on his own accord”

Analysis

abigailpedersen1 — 2025-08-21 17:18:48 UTC

This Quote is important because it states that the people and the great council have a say in their taxes. However, it doesn't mean that the king can't make decisions; he can't increase people's taxes randomly on his own without the Great Council approving his decision.

Mayflower Compact

abigailpedersen1 — 2025-08-21 17:21:01 UTC

"for our better ordering and preservation of our society in the New World ...to enact.. just and equal laws, ordinances, acts...for the general good of the colony, which we promise... to be chosen by majority rule."

Analysis

abigailpedersen1 — 2025-08-21 17:27:19 UTC

In the new world, they are creating a new civil political body so they have a better order of law and preservation in society. This new world is in Northern Virginia, of today's United States. They declare that this document is a promise to combine their selves to make a better government body.

The United States: Making a New Nation.

abigailpedersen1 — 2025-08-21 17:31:21 UTC

"The meetinghouse was at the center of town life. The meetinghouse was where the town government met. All the colonists in town could attend the town meeting, but only male church members were allowed to vote. As church membership dropped and many new settlers arrived, more colonists were permitted to participate in the town government. By the end of the 1600s, any man who owned property could vote."

Analysis

abigailpedersen1 — 2025-08-21 17:38:12 UTC

People are living in the new world now. The men who are members of the church could only vote in the meeting house; however, women could attend the meeting but could not vote. In England, the people could vote with the Great Council on what the king wanted to increase or decrease. However, here, only men who owned land could vote in the meetings at the meeting house.