Consistent with Calvin's political ideas, Protestants created both the English and the American democracies. In seventeenth-century England, the most important persons and events in this process were the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, John Locke, the Glorious Revolution, the English Bill of Rights, and the Act of Settlement. Later, the British took their democratic ideals to their colonies, e.g. Australia, New Zealand, and India. In North America, Plymouth Colony (Pilgrim Fathers; 1620) and Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628) practised democratic self-rule and separation of powers. These Congregationalists were convinced that the democratic form of government was the will of God. The Mayflower Compact was a social contract. COUNT 5
QSN1 Whose democracies were created by Protestants? ANS1 the English and the American democracies QSN2 What democratic principles were followed by the Plymouth Colony? ANS2 self-rule and separation of powers QSN3 Other than the U.S., to what colonies did the British export their democratic beliefs? ANS3 Australia, New Zealand, and India QSN4 What group believed that democracy was the will of God? ANS4 Congregationalists QSN5 What other group in America practiced self-rule and separation of powers? ANS5 Massachusetts Bay Colony