Unit 1 Throwback Thursday
Colonization through Constitution
• Which statement BEST explains the growth of representative
government in Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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• The Puritans wanted to establish order within their societies.
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• Religious tolerance depended on the growth of elected legislatures
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• England encouraged self-rule among the colonies
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• Each newly chartered colony patterned itself on other colonies.
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• The Puritans wanted to establish order within
their societies.
• What did the Mayflower Compact establish?
• the possibility of self-government
• What was the House of Burgesses?
• an elected governing body in Virginia
• Which phrase BEST describes the American
colonies?
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• religious purpose
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• successful from the start
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• peace and stability
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• social equality
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• religious purpose
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Which phrase BEST describes the 13 colonies?
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socially and politically alike
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politically and economically diverse
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relatively similar geographically
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economically independent of Britain
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• politically and economically diverse
• What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
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• to control the trans-Atlantic trade
• What effect did the 1808 ban on the Atlantic
slave trade have on slavery in America?
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• It had little effect
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What was part of the Enlightenment?
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government as a social contract
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a distrust of science
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restrictions on freedom
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religious equality
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• government as a social contract
• How did the colonists respond to the
Townshend Acts?
• c.
• They boycotted English goods as a way to
protest the taxes
• What did “no taxation without
representation” mean to the colonists?
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• The colonies should not be taxed without
representation in Parliament.
• What followed the Boston Tea Party?
• harsh restrictions on colonial liberties and
trade
• How did the First Continental Congress
respond to the Coercive Acts?
• Of what significance were the Battles of
Lexington and Concord?
• They were the first battles in America’s fight
for independence.
• William Franklin, the royal governor of New
Jersey, was a loyalist. His father, Benjamin
Franklin, signed the Declaration of
Independence. What does this example
indicate about colonial sentiment?
• The cause of liberty resulted in great division
among the colonists.
• How did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 change
the political map iof North America?
• The United States claimed land that had been
under British control
• Of what importantce were men such as the
Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Steuben
to the American cause?
• they provided expertise
• James Madison commented that, “A government
composed of such extensive powers should be well
organized and balanced.” Which of the following helped to
balance power between the large and small states?
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• the slave trade
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• the three-fifths compromise
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• the Great Compromise
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• the Bill of Rights
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• the Great Compromise
• What contributed to the demise of the
Articles of Confederation?
• the inability of Congress to regulate the
economy
• Why did the Framers believe freedom of the
press to be an essential right?
• It helps to balance the power of government
• What was added to the Constitution in order
to ensure its ratification?
• Bill of Rights
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Use the information to answer the question
-Plymouth
-Massachusetts
-Pennsylvania
The above are all examples of colonies
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whose primary business was plantation farming
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each formed by a single religious group
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that signed the Mayflower Compact
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formed for mostly economic reasons
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• each formed by a single religious group
• Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence does not show
the influence of the Enlightenment on the thoughts of Thomas
Jefferson and others?
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• “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed....”
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• “we mutually pledge to each other our lives...”
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• “for the people to dissolve the political bands that have connected
them...”
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• “He has obstructed the Administration of Justice...”
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• “He has obstructed the Administration of
Justice...”
• Why did colonists participate in the Boston
Tea Party?
• They used the opportunity to protest Britain’s
control over the colonies
• All of the following descriptions provide examples of
triangular trade EXCEPT
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• the Dutch settling in Japan
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• European merchants bringing manufactured goods to trade
for Africans
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• Africans being transported on ships to the Americas
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• tobacco and otehr products being transported to Europe
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• the Dutch settling in Japan
• Which of these was a major domestic problem faced by
the government under the Articles of Confederation?
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• maintaining national security
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• regulating the slave trade
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• counting population for voting purposes
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• establishing strong state governments
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• maintaining national security
• The United State Constitution begins with the
word, “We the People.” Why did Madison
choose these three words to open the
document?
• to show that government gets its power form
the “consent of the governed”
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Which does NOT describe Jamestown?
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Its colonial government held the Salem Witch Trials
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The colony was named after the king of England
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In this colony, John Rolfe developed a tobacco cash
crop.
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• It was the first permanent Engilsh colony
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• Its colonial government held the Salem Witch
Trials
• Why was the Battle of Saratoga an important
turning point in the American Revolution?
• It motivated the French to offer military
support and financial assistance
• What did the Whiskey Rebellion show about
George Washington?
• He was a strong president who was willing to
use federal troops when needed
• Common Sense was a colonial bestseller.
Within 3 months of its publication, it sold
120,000 copies. In what way was use of the
press critically important to America’s fight for
independence?
It provided the opportunity for many people to
understand the issues
• What did the United States gain as a result of
the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
• land west to the Mississippi River
• In what year was Jamestown founded?
• 1607
• The 3/5 compromise sought to prevent
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• states with high slave populations from dominating the
House of Representatives
• c.
• the Constitution from ultimately being ratified
• b.
• the Senate from becoming too powerful within the
bicameral system
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• Antifederalists from winning the debate over federalism
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• states with high slave populations from
dominating the House of Representatives
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• “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.”
• These words from the Declaration of Independence describe the
enlightened idea of a
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• need to ensure a representative government
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• social contract between the government and the people
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• return to a society that has no central authority
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• revolutionary intent to overthrow the current government
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• social contract between the government and
the people
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• In a letter to James Madison written in 1787, Thomas Jefferson said,
“A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every
government on earth, general or particular; and what no just
government should refuse, or rest on inferences.”
• Jefferson believed a bill of rights was needed to protect
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• the right of taxation
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• the rights of the majority
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• the unalienable rights of citizens
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• federal rights over states’ rights
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• the unalienable rights of citizens
Study the illustration of Jamestown’s
beginnings. What details in the
woodcut give an indication of the
challenged faced by settlers?
What information is being compared in this table?
What change is shown by the table?
Given the information on the table, why do you think Great Britain wanted to
control colonial trade?
• What were two challenges the Patriots faced
when fighting for independence?
• How did the U.S. Constitution establish a more
balanced government?