Civics: Why Government?

What

Civics: Why Government?

When

10/9/2017

Assignment: Read Chapter 2 Sections 1 and 2. Complete the Guided Reading questions for sections 1 and 2. Both sections are due on Wednesday 10/11/2017.
Section 1
1. What cultural movement influenced the development of democracy in America?
2. What are two rights included in the Magna Carta?
3. How did the Glorious Revolution change the idea of government in England?
4. Who were John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu?
5. What three natural rights did Locke argue that all people possess?
6. What is significant about the House of Burgesses in Virginia?
7. What was the Mayflower Compact and what did it establish?
8. What two features did each colonial government have in common?
Section 2
1. Which colonies made up the group known as the Middle Colonies?
2. What were the two types of colonies?
3. What purpose did William Penn want his colony, Pennsylvania, to serve?
4. What was the last English colony founded in America? What military purpose did it serve?
5. What are two reasons that people immigrated to the English colonies?
6. How did the plantation system lead to the development of slavery?
7. What are the three points of the triangular trade?