English people brought with them to the New World the political ideas that still give English and American government a close resemblance. But American colonists very early developed conceptions of representative government that differed from those in England. Representative government in England originated in the Middle Ages, when the king called for men to advise him. They were chosen by their neighbors and informed the king of his subjects' wishes. Eventually, their advice became SO compelling that the king could not reject it, and the representatives of the people, organized as a legislature known as the House of Commons, became the most powerful branch of the English government.
- A.The king chose a representative group of people to inform him of his subjects' wishes.
- B.The king's subjects chose a group of representatives in response to the king's request for advisors.
- C.The king organized a legislature known as the House of Commons.
- D.A group of representatives of the people took power from the king and passed their own laws.