Life in the English Colonies 21-22
John Locke believed people had natural rights. What were the three natural rights?
Life, liberty, and property
A formal agreement between two countries
Treaty
This ended the French and Indian War, giving all of France's land East of Mississippi to Great Britain.
Treaty of Paris
People who could vote in the colonial legislature
White male landowners
According to the British, what was the reason for the Proclamation of 1763?
It was an attempt to end conflicts between Native Americans and colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains.
How did the Enlightenment influence the American colonies?
Colonists began to view themselves as free individuals with natural rights
What was a result of the French and Indian War
France lost its territory in North America to the British
During Town Meetings colonists made decisions and voted. Where did Town Meetings take place?
New England and some Middle Colonies
During the French and Indian War, the British and French were fighting over control of which area?
Ohio River Valley
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
Social Contract
Why did the Indians helped the French?
The French and Indians cooperated with each other, traded with each other and taught each other many techniques for survival.
The Virginia House of Burgesses was important to the development of democracy in the thirteen colonies because it
provided an example of a representative form of government
In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented
steps in the growth of representative democracy
In most of the colonies ______ made the laws
the elected assembly
