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DMS U.S. HistoryUnit 2 Review

What principles of the Virginia House of Burgesses contributed to the growth of representative

government?

Representatives were electedby the people

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were important in the development of representative government for what

reasons?

It made Connecticut more democratic

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The Mayflower Compact gave us what idea important to representative government?

Self government

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The Great Awakening had what kind of effect on colonial society?

Encouraged individuals to exercise their own judgement

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The Toleration Act introduced what principles to the idea of representative government?

Religious rights

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What was a common characteristic among colonial religious groups?

Promoted self-government

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What were important influences on the U.S. Constitution?

Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutVirginia House of Burgesses

Mayflower Compact

What work by Benjamin Franklin influenced American Literature?

Poor Richards Almanac

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What affected the population distribution of the colonies?

Appalachain Mountains were a barrier to western settlement

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What geographical feature helped New York, Boston, Philadelphia & Charleston

grow economically?

They were major sea ports.

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Southern

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The colonial region that was best for large scale agriculture was?

Why did many colonists settle in the Mid-Atlantic and southern colonies?

To farm tobacco

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Why did the plantation system and slave trade occur during the

colonial era?

1. Number of indentured servants declined

2. Cotton gin invented

3.Availabilty of low wage earners

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What was the most important effect of the free enterprise system on 18th century Colonial

America?

Innovations and inventions

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Private PropertyVoluntary Exchange

Profit MotiveSupply and Demand

What do these best describe?

Free Enterprise System

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Why did people want to live in William Penn’s colony?

Religious Freedom

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Put these in order from earliest to latest. 1. 1st Great Awakening2. Quaker colony established in Pennsylvania3. Toleration Act4. Rhode Island established

4, 2, 3, 1

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French trappers and traders in forest areas an along rivers.

Most of the colonies on the eastern coast were mainly

English, but other immigrant groups also developed the area.Who were they and what was

their economy based on?

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Read about Jonathon Edwards, 1741

He led an increased number of people to the

Protestant faith

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~ explore pages 110 - 112 ~

What is the theory that a nation must protect and increase its home economy by keeping strict

control over trade and having a favorable balance of trade?

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mercantilism

How did a “ market economy “ develop?

The market economy developed through voluntary exchange among colonists.

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