history unit 3

Question 1

What was the Mayflower Compact?

Answer 1

Legal group of people that brought pilgrims together.

Question 2

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 2

He believed in the social contract. And influenced the declaration of independence.

Question 3

John Locke

Answer 3

He created natural rights.

Question 4

Baron de Montesquieu

Answer 4

He made the separation of powers.

Question 5

Voltaire

Answer 5

freedom of religion

Question 6

Jean-Jaques Rousseau

Answer 6

He was the consent of the governed.

Question 7

Magna Carta

Answer 7

limited government

Question 8

Petition of Rights

Answer 8

limited government and consent of the governed

Question 9

English Bill of Rights.

Answer 9

Bill of rights.

Question 10

Social Contract

Answer 10

declaration of independence and natural rights

Question 11

New England colonies,

Answer 11

They traded with native americans for fur. And most people were puritans.

Question 12

The middle colonies

Answer 12

They sold a lot of cash crops.

Question 13

Southern colonies

Answer 13

Tobacco was the main cash crop. They also made large plantations on the coastal plains.

Question 14

Why did people come to America

Answer 14

To seek economic opportunity.And land,

Question 15

How were people chosen to rule colonists?

Answer 15

The king’s government.

Question 16

Describe the French and Indian war.

Answer 16

Colonists were moving into france. When they were doing this tensions rose. The French joined with native american group

Question 17

What was the outcome of the war and why was it impactful to the colonists?

Answer 17

The British ended up winning the war. The king was in debt and he taxed the colonists to pay off debt.

Question 18

Why did dissatisfaction grow in the colonies?

Answer 18

The more taxes that happened there wasn’t representation.

Question 19

What impact did Common Sense have on the colonists?

Answer 19

It called for the colonists to rebel against king violence.

Question 20

Describe briefly each section of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 20

The preamble explains why the continental congress drew up declaration.
Natural rights list the citizens natural rights and How in a republic people form government to protect their rights.
List of grievances Was the complaints against the British government.
Resolution of the declaration they officially are independent.
Signers of the declaration pledged it and sold their lives away.