Growth of Colonial Government

What was the real purpose for the colonies?

• To enrich the British
• To build slavery 
• To maintain religious tolerance
• To help poor English settlers

Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact?

• The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “civic body politic.” 
• The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy
• The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower
• None of the above. 

What is the House of Burgesses?

• The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

• The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

• The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?

• English Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

Which of the following documents extended voting rights to non-church members?

• Mayflower Compact
• Magna Carta
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

*Distance from Great Britain
*Mayflower Compact
*Town hall meetings
The factors listed above contributed most to the

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
• election of British colonists to Parliament
• growth of representative government in the British colonies
• expansion of British trade in the Americas

John Locke believed that all people had:

• Natural Rights

• Individual rights

• Some rights

What were John Locke's 3 inalienable rights?

• Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness

• Live, Laugh, Love

• Life, Liberty, Property

• Life, Speech, Religion

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

• Protect the people's natural rights

• Take away people's natural rights

• Help determine the people's natural rights

What government idea did Montesquieu influence?

• Separation of Powers

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• every man for himself