Colonial Government
Mercantilism encouraged colonies to:
Supply raw materials to Britain
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution created a government based on:
Democracy and republicanism
Slavery in the American South was most closely connected to:
Plantation agriculture
Reform movements in the early 1800s were influenced by:
Religious revival and democratic ideas
Which document limited the power of the English king and influenced colonial ideas about government?
Magna Carta
The Declaration states that all people have certain
Natural rights
The Bill of Rights protects individual freedoms.
T/F
True
Which crop increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South?
Cotton
The temperance movement focused on reducing:
Alcohol consumption
Salutary neglect refers to the period when
Britain loosely enforced colonial laws
T/F The Enlightenment idea that governments exist to protect rights influenced the Declaration.
T
The Constitution includes how many amendments in the Bill of Rights?
10
The invention of the cotton gin made cotton production:
Faster and more profitable
The women’s rights movement used ideas from the Declaration of Independence.
A. True
Colonial legislatures were significant because they:
Allowed colonists to practice democracy
The Declaration was adopted in
1776
The Great Compromise resolved disagreements about:
Representation in Congress
Abolitionists argued that slavery violated:
Natural rights and liberty
Many reform movements between 1820–1848 focused on expanding democracy and equality.
True
The Mayflower Compact is important because it established:
Self-government by the colonists
Which of the following is listed as a natural right?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
T/F Federalism allows states to share power with the national government.
T
The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people:
Escape to free states or Canada
Reformers believed society could improve through:
Social change and activism