Lesson 1
Most early colonists were loyal to England and valued their rights as English subjects.
True or False
True
The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on cash crops.
True or False
False
The distance between the colonies and England made it diffi cult for colonists to have a say in English government.
True or False
True
Most colonists did not mind the king’s new taxes on goods because they knew the money raised by the taxes would serve their common interests.
True or False
Flase
In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jeff erson showed that he was greatly infl uenced by the ideas and writings of the Enlightenment thinker ___________________.
John Locke
an agreement among people in a society with their government
Social Contract
a government in which citizens hold the power to rule
Democracy
to refuse to purchase certain goods or services
Boycott
the quality or state of being free.
Liberty
What was the result of the Magna Carta?
protection of landholders’ rights
or
Limited Kings Power
An agreement or contract among a group of people is a?
Compact
At the First Continental Congress, colonists
Demanded that King George III restore their rights.
What is the purpose of listing complaints against the king?
to justify the need for independence
The Mayflower Compact was a?
written plan for government.
In which colonies did the plantation system develop?
Southern Colonies
Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu argued what about the laws of nature?
They also apply to human life and society
Which of the following most likely inspired the fi rst paragraph:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
The Enlightenment
Why document laid out freedoms for people that lived in England?
The English Bill of Rights
Farmers grew cash crops in the ____________________, which they traded overseas.
Middle Colonies
Why did the Proclamation Line of 1763 upset the colonists?
The proclamation kept the colonists from moving farther west.
The Second Continental Congress had to decide whether to continue working toward peace or to ___________________________________.
Split from Great Britain