1. Name ____________________________ GOAL 1 – Review Homework (answers)
1. Which colonial document first established the concept of self-government?
o Mayflower Compact
2. What was the first successful English colony in the New World?
o Jamestown
3. What economic policy encouraged favorable balance of trade and developing colonies?
o Mercantilism
4. England placed trade restrictions on the colonies. England benefited from these trade restrictions. What term
describes this?
o Navigation Acts
5. What is meant by salutary neglect?
o Loose control over the colonies
6. What was the purpose of the Jamestown settlement?
o To make money (Gold)
7. What was the purpose of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay settlements?
o Religious Freedom (God)
8. Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony and said “we shall be as a city upon a hill?”
o John Winthrop
9. How did lack of tolerance in Massachusetts Bay Colony play a role in the development of the thirteen colonies?
o People looking for religious tolerance went to other colonies to find peace
10. Which colony was established by William Penn as a haven for Quakers?
o Pennsylvania
11. Which colony was set up as a debtors’ colony?
o Georgia
12. What are indentured servants?
o Someone who agrees to work for 4 to 7 years in exchange for a passage to the new world
13. Which region of colonies was known as the Bread Colonies?
o Middle Colonies
14. Which region with rich soil and a longer growing season established the plantation system?
o Southern Colonies
15. What was the economy of New England based on?
o Shipping, manufacturing, and fishing
16. What is triangle trade?
o Trade route between England, Africa, and the New World
17. Which leg of triangle trade brought slaves from Africa to the New World?
o Middle Passage
18. What was the first written constitution in the colonies?
o Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
19. What document allowed religious freedom to all Christians?
o Maryland Toleration Act
20. What document limited the power of the English monarch in 1215?
o Magna Carta

2. 21. What was the first representative assembly in the colonies?
o Virginia House of Burgesses
22. What movement led to a sharing of religion and culture across the colonies?
o Great Awakening
23. What colonial trial established freedom of the press?
o John Peter Zenger Trial
24. Why did the French and Indian War lead to resentment by the colonists?
o It lead to England’s debt which led them to tax the colonist
25. What event involved colonists threatening British soldiers and resulted in the death of Crispus Attucks?
o Boston Massacre
26. What Act by Parliament led to the Boston Tea Party?
o Tea Act
27. What Acts were passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
o Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
28. Why did use of writs of assistance anger colonists?
o It allowed for open searches and seizures
29. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
o Thomas Jefferson
30. Which colonial organization signed the Declaration of Independence?
o Second Continental Congress
31. What are John Locke’s natural rights?
o Life, Liberty, and Property
32. John Locke believed man’s natural state is free, but man chooses to form a government to protect his property.
What theory does this describe?
o Social Contract Theory
33. What idea about government was promoted by the Baron de Montesquieu?
o Separation of Powers
34. What did Thomas Paine encourage in his pamphlet, Common Sense?
o He encouraged the colonist to go to war with England
35. What was the first government after the Revolutionary War?
o Articles of Confederation
36. What law outlined steps for statehood around the Ohio River Territory?
o Northwest Ordinance
37. Ultimately, why were the Articles of Confederation weak?
o No power to tax, No chief executive, No National Courts, No National Currency
38. What rebellion was led by farmers in Massachusetts?
o Shay’s Rebellion
39. What was the initial purpose of delegates meeting in Philadelphia in 1787?
o Propose a new government (constitution)
40. How should states be represented in Congress according to the Virginia Plan?
o Based on population
41. How should states be represented in Congress according to the New Jersey Plan?

3. o Based on equal representation
42. Describe what was created by the Great Compromise.
o Bicameral legislature
43. What was the northern states viewpoint on counting slaves for the purpose of representation?
o Slaves should not be counted in population
44. What was the southern states viewpoint on counting slaves for the purpose of representation?
o Slaves should be counted in population
45. What compromise settled this dispute of how slaves should be counted for the purpose of representation?
o 3/5 Compromise
46. List three writers of the Federalist Papers.
o James Madison, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton
47. What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?
o To convince the citizens to adopt the constitution and get rid of the Articles of Confederation
48. What political party opposed the ratification of the US Constitution?
o Anti-federalists
49. Who is considered the Father of the US Constitution?
o James Madison
50. What was added to the US Constitution that satisfied the Anti-Federalists?
o Bill of Rights
51. What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
o Lists rights of citizens
52. What is the difference between direct and representative democracy?
o Direct democracy allows citizens to participate in the law making process and a representative
democracy the people elect representatives to make laws and run the government
53. What is the difference between absolute and constitutional monarchies?
o Absolute monarchy a king or queen has supreme control over the government and a constitutional
monarchy the king or queen shares powers with an elected legislature
54. What is the purpose of a constitution?
o A written plan of government