What is the main idea in this passage? the roots of government

The main idea of the roots of government is discussed below in details.

Explanation:

Several of the rights that the United States residents enjoy today can be traced back to the administrative and constitutional traditions of England. When English people begin living here in the 1600's they brought their archives of the limited and enlightened Idea of representative government.

Which later become the root of the government of the United States government and till now a date this representative form of government structure is followed in the United States.