Civics & Econ Chapter 2 - Colonies and Independence

In a representative democracy

• all free men over 18 are considered citizens

• monarchs have absolute rule over the people

• a monarch represents the people

• people choose leaders to govern them

The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• the Virginia Company

What are natural rights?

• agreements among people relating to their government

• freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

• ideas about freedom that were first discussed in the American colonies

• rights reserved only for monarchs

New England's cold climate and rocky soil meant that

• cash crops grew best in this region

• large-scale farming was difficult

• New England farmers never grew cash crops

• New England farms were larger than those in the Middle or Southern Colonies

Why were the Puritans considered dissenters?

• Their religious practices differed from most in England

• They thought people of all religions should worship together

• They wanted to cause political unrest in the American colonies

• They wanted to overthrow England's government

Name two main reasons people chose to come to the American colonies

• to benefit from the colonies' long summers and short winters

• to benefit from the colonies' short summers and long winters

• to escape political unrest and a poor climate in England

• to seek religious freedom and economic opportunity

At the First Continental Congress, colonists

• declared war on Great Britain

• demanded that King George III restore their rights

• ended the boycott of British goods

• signed the Declaration of Independence

Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu

• argued that the laws of nature also applied to human life and society

• did not believe that the laws of the universe could be discovered

• invested in the Virginia Company

• rebelled against King John of England, who had treated them harshly

People who oppose official or commonly held views are called

• indentured servants

• dissenters

• plantations

• liberties

To be useful or profitable to someone or something

• repeal

• boycott

• benefit

• democracy