Ch. 4-4: Roots of American Democracy

The Zenger Trial established:

• freedom of the press

• right to bear arms

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

Why did colonists still expect to have the same rights as those in Great Britain?

• They were still British citizens, even if they lived in North America

• The Zenger trial assured them the same rights as those in England

• Their colonial assemblies (governments) guaranteed them those rights

• The English Bill of Rights guaranteed rights to members of certain social classes

In the early colonies, voting was

• open to all men

• restricted to white men who owned land

• open to all adults, male and female

• restricted to only Jewish and Catholic men

Women had many rights because of how much work they did to help run households and businesses in the colonies.

• True

• False

The Enlightenment . . .

• was a religious revival

• focused on reason and logical thought

• encouraged people to rise up against the king

• was a conflict between colonists and Native Americans who resisted religious conversion

According to John Locke, what are 'natural rights'?

• rights that people were born with that say people are free and equal

• the strict social order with the king at the top

• rights that people are given from the Bible

• the idea that some people are naturally superior to others

The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights (select all that apply):

• set limits on the power of the monarchy in Great Britain

• guaranteed certain rights to citizens, like a trial by jury

• expanded the powers of the King over Parliament

• set up governments in the colonies

Colonial assemblies were (select all that apply). . .

• modeled after the British government

• ruled by men sent from Great Britain

• in charge of making decisions about colonial issues

• made up of men elected from the colonies

What was 'salutary neglect'?

• a religious revival

• rights that people were born with, like equality and freedom

• the British policy of letting colonies govern themselves (mostly)

• the name for the British legislature

The French & Indian War was part of what larger global war?

• The Seven Years' War

• The Nine Years' War

• The Hundred Years War

• The Revolutionary War