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WorksheetsGrowth of Colonial Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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.
*Mayflower Compact
*Town hall meetings
The factors listed above contributed most to the
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
Montesquieu and Locke both encouraged the ideas of...
individual rights
absolute monarchy
anarchy
every man for himself
How was the Great Awakening a political movement?
It challenged the ideas of authority
It created new religious laws
It allowed for religious freedom
It encouraged the idea of an absolute monarchy
What is one role colonies play in a mercantilist system?
Colonies purchase raw materials from other countries.
Colonies manufacture finished products for the mother country.
Colonies sell raw materials to other countries.
Colonies purchase finished products from the mother country.
What was the goal of mercantilism?
To control trade and gain wealth
Make colonies wealthy
Import many goods from other nations
Share wealth with other nations
Why were colonists only allowed to trade with their mother country?
The colonists did not know other countries existed
The mother country can gain more wealth
The colonists were prideful
The mother country can share their wealth
What economic idea was created in opposition to mercantilism policies?
free enterprise
royal colonies
trade taxes were forbidden
workers need government help
What happened in 1620?
Jamestown, VA
Plymouth, MA and Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
English Bill of Rights
What was a direct result of "Salutary Neglect"?
creation of self-government in the colonies
creation of a monarchy in the colonies
people refused to provide defense
the colonies ignored mercantilism policies
