AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: L4 Colonial Governments

What was the predecessor to the Articles of Confederation?

Albany Plan of Union

In 1754, who proposed a government that would unite the colonies under the British Crown?

Benjamin Franklin

When fighting broke out between British and Colonial troops at __________, the members of the Second Continental Congress realized that they needed to take action.

Concord, Lexington

How did the Pilgrims influence the notion of representative democracy?

Government officials were selected locally.

How did William Penn demonstrate civic engagement to Native Americans?

He ensured that Native Americans were treated fairly in court., He learned several Native American dialects., He paid Native Americans for their land.

How did the Protestant Reformation influence the evolution of government in the West?

It provided for early experiments in representative democracy.

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

Jamestown colonists expected to have access to government officials.

The committee appointed by the Continental Congress to write the Declaration of Independence included __________.

John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson

King Henry VII of England sent __________ on a voyage to find a sea route to Asia.

John Cabot

How did the Mayflower Compact influence later American government?

Like the US Constitution, it was a written agreement between individuals about how their government would work., The colonial council that it established resembled the city councils currently in place in the United States.

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

Massachusetts

Both the Albany Plan and the Articles of Confederation had statements that allowed for the regulation of trade with __________.

Native Americans

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.

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

Pennsylvania

What was the first colony established by the Plymouth Company?

Popham Colony

Following the English Civil War, why did the Church of England attempt to stamp out radical Protestant sects?

The church viewed the war as a revolt by radical Protestant sects.

Which political idea from the Mayflower Compact influenced the Constitution?

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

Who served in the House of Burgesses?

Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration states. "A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a __________, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

Tyrant

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

Virginia

The Mayflower Compact was the first document in the history of the colonies to form a government based on __________.

a binding social contract

The Articles of Confederation were designed to provide the 13 colonies with __________.

a system to work together in times of need, like war, a "league of friendship" among the states

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

creating their laws

Adam Smith believed that a nation's wealth was __________.

derived from the acquisition of gold and land

The Articles of Confederation was exposed as an ineffective governing system because __________.

individual states could ignore the United States government

On what model did some of the American colonies base their local governments?

local church governance

In Massachusetts, the Puritan work ethic laid the foundation for __________ that helped the United States succeed.

the early ideas of entrepreneurial spirit

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

the rights to establish a representative government

What prompted King James I to issue a second charter to give colonists more rights to land and government?

the success of the Jamestown Colony

The openness of government in Jamestown had to do with the accessibility individuals had to __________.

their church council

Why did colonist leaders hold a conference in Albany, New York in 1754?

to determine how to defend the British colonies in North America

What were the expectations of the British from the Albany Congress in 1754?

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

The Mayflower Compact established a colonial government based on allegiance to the monarch and a __________ form of government.

majoritarian

John Smith saved the Jamestown colony by instituting a(n) __________.

military dictatorship

Both the Mayflower Compact and the US Constitution __________.

provide for the general welfare of citizens, are binding documents among citizens

William Penn's government policy of __________ led to an atmosphere that promoted cultural and economic development in Pennsylvania.

religious tolerance

The ability for the government of Jamestown to make its own laws was fundamental in establishing one of the first __________ democracies.

representative

Adam Smith believed that a nation's wealth was derived from the acquisition of gold and land.

true

The Albany Plan was the first step in determining how to establish a government that would __________ the colonies.

unite