Unit 1 : Lesson 4

What was the predecessor to the Articles of Confederation?

Albany Plan of Union

All of the delegates at the Second Continental Congress agreed about how to deal with Great Britain.

False

How did the Pilgrims influence the notion of representative democracy?

Government officials were selected locally.

What was the function of the Declaration of Independence?

It announced the reasons the colonies proclaimed their separation from Great Britain.

How did the accessibility individuals had to their church council in Jamestown impact government?

Jamestown colonists expected to have access to government officials.

Why did Benjamin Franklin change Thomas Jefferson's original phase of "We hold these truths to be sacred" to "We hold these truths to be self-evident"?

Only through reason could a new nation protect the rights of the people.

Which group established a colony based on its beliefs, focused on hard work for God and family, succeeded in the shipping business, and laid the foundation for early ideas of the entrepreneurial American spirit?

Puritans

Who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony, establishing a culture that valued liberty and the right to self-rule?

Puritans and Pilgrims

According to the Declaration of Independence, the role of a government is to secure a group of items that people possess naturally. What are these "unalienable" items?

Rights

What effect does amassing large amounts of gold have on a country?

The value of the commodity of gold decreases.

Why were both the Albany Plan and the Articles of Confederation poor solutions for government of the United States of America?

Your answer should include that neither document planned for a federal government strong enough to be effective or to survive in a world dominated by European powers.

How did the early governments of Massachusetts and Virginia mainly differ?

Your answer should include the facts that Plymouth Plantation had a representative government with a colonial council based on church polity, while the Virginia House of Burgesses was mainly based on social class and property ownership.

The Articles of Confederation loosely connected the 13 colonies, and the government it created had very little power. Why was the government left with limited power?

Your answer should include the idea that the colonists' experiences with taxation and martial rule led them to fear the authority of a large and powerful government.

What type of government was created by the Articles of Confederation?

a league of friendship between the states

Massachusetts

colony founded through the settlement of those escaping persecution, which led economic prosperity through a spirit of hard work and merchant shipping

Virginia

colony that became economically independent through production of a cash crop, which led to the creation of a representative democracy

Pennsylvania

colony that practiced religious toleration, promoting a creative atmosphere and cultural and economic development

What led Jamestown to establish one of the first representative democracies?

creating their own laws

The Article of Confederation gave the Congress the power to do what?

declare war

What historically significant step did the Second Continental Congress take?

the decision to separate from Great Britain

Which political idea from the Mayflower Compact influenced the US Constitution?

the idea of a binding social contract between the government and its citizens

What did the Second Charter of Virginia provide to the colonists?

the rights to establish a representative government

What prompted the creation of the Second Charter of Virginia?

the success of the Jamestown colony

What did the British expect after the Albany Congress in 1754?

The British sought the aid of their North American colonies to fight the French.

What was the first document in the history of the colonies in which the colonists decided the nature of their government?

The Mayflower Compact was the first time in modern history when a group of individuals had come together and formed a government through a written compact (agreement or contract).

Thanks to its founder, William Penn, the established colony of Pennsylvania was known for what characteristic, which would later be echoed in a constitutional amendment.

religious tolerance

European immigration increased rapidly during the 19th century, and the immigrants who arrived to work in Pennsylvania's industrial mills and factories helped build on the state's history of what ideal?

religious toleration