Creation of Colonial Government

            When the colonists first came to America, they already have an idea on what there government would look like. But they did not come up with it all on their own, they had some references the Magna Carta, English bill of rights, John Locke, as well as there own experiences.

            The Magna Carta was a contract between the king and the common people stating that the king couldn’t just do what ever he wanted to whom ever he wanted. So that he would not have absolute power over every thing. The Magna Carta influenced the English Bill of Rights in the way that it helped give people some rights as free men. Some of these rights carried over to the colonies one example is a fair trial by a jury by their peers.

            John Locke had some published writing about government and the rights of people. He writes that if a government is unjust and not fair that the people should have the right to change it for the better. As well as many other freedoms and liberties. John was very well known at the time and may new of him and his writings.

            Not only did people and famous documents influence the colonists but also by the circumstances that they had as well as where they were. Some one from out of the colonies could not govern them sense they were so far away from England so they had to govern themselves. So they made their own government led by selected individuals chosen by the people to represent them.

            The colonists did not have to entirely come up with their own government and help from many other writings and people.