What Helped Create Representative Democracy? By heidiperezcerrito 1215 The Magna Carta - This limited the power of kings and made them follow the same laws as citizens. - It established rights for citizens and also influenced the US Constitution/Bill of Rights. - The government jurisdiction to rule and control was based on a contract between the government and the people. 1619 The Virginia House of Burgesses - This was the first representative governing body. - It influenced the development of US House of Representatives/Senate. 1620 The Mayflower Compact - This was an agreement to form a government and follow laws for the "good of the colony". - It gave the idea of "consent of the governed" which basically means the government belongs to the people. 1639 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - This was the first written constitution in the colonies. - It established a representative government, rights for citizens in colonies, and stated the powers of government and its limits. 1689 The English Bill of Rights - This gave English citizens rights to petition the king, right to bear arms, unable to keep a standing army in peacetime, right to have free elections, trial by jury, and monarchy unable to raise taxes without consent. - This limited the power of the king even more and it influenced the US Bill of Rights.
