Massachusetts: Our wonderful Massachusetts government mainly consists of a self governed group of puritans whose main leaders were John Winthrop and Thomas Dudley, Winthrop became the first governor of the colony. Winthrop and Dudley are ministers, making the our colony a theocracy mostly independent from Britain, only truly ruled by God’s word.
New Hampshire: The wondeful colony of New Hampshire is a Royal Province, owned by Great Britan with a president appointed by the Royal Crown. But until 1741 our president was a lieutenant advised by the Massachusetts governor.
Rhode Island: Rhode Island is ruled by a Governor, a Deputy Governor, similar to the vice president of modern day America, his 10 advisors, and a General Assembly The General Assembly are a group of elected officials that had powers to make laws, create militias to defend against natives, and oversee and monitor trade to furhter strengthen our colony.
Connecticut: We Connecticut Colony wrote the first formal constitution, The Fundamental Orders. The Founding principle of the Fundamental Orders is government “based on consent of the governed.” This principle means that property owning white men can elect a representative of their town, six magistrates, and a Governor to rule their colony in order to make our government work for all people..
A visual narration of the Mayflower Compact, the document that all New England government was based upon.