Roots of Colonial Government

Choose 3 reasons for the growth of representative government.

• Colonists were used to British traditions.

• Colonists were used to doing things their own way.

• Colonists understood that they needed government in their lives.

• Colonists were too far away from England.

• Colonists wanted a way to fight back against Native American attacks.

What is the term for England's policy of leaving colonists by themselves, relaxing regulations?

• Salutary neglect

• Hostile interference

• Strict regulation

• Intensive supervision

An agreement between colonists and Puritans that created a blueprint for self and representative government.

• New England Accord

• Colonial Compact

• Mayflower Compact

• Plymouth Protocol

The first written constitution in the colonies is an example of representative government.

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

First representative assembly in the colonies:

• Massachusetts General Court

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• New York Provincial Congress

• Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly

Traditional English document that established certain rights and liberties for the people.

• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

England's two-house legislature, which includes the House of Lords and the House of Commons, is known as?

• Congress

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Parliament

Which philosopher discussed the legislative and executive branches of government, believed that people should have a voice in government, and influenced Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Napoleon Bonaparte

The process in which colonies send raw materials to the motherland, these raw materials are made into manufactured goods, and then these manufactured goods are sent back to the colonies at higher prices is called?

• Communism

• Socialism

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

What term describes the horrible conditions that slaves endured during their voyage to the Americas?

• Great Migration

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Middle Passage