Lesson 5

Question 1

Constituent

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A person represented by an elected official

Question 2

Covenant

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An agreement

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Indentured servant

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A person who sold his or her labor, usually in exchange for the cost of the trip from Europe to the colonies

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Magistrate

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Judge of the colony

Question 5

Mayflower compact

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An early example of social contract theory put into practice in America

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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England wanted to establish

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Colonies in North America

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Two incentive plans of England were

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Royal proprietorships and joint-stock companies

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Royal proprietorships

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Provinces

11 of the 13 colonies founded as proprietorships

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Joint stock companies

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Business ventures

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Mayflower compact was an early example of

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Social contract theory put into practice in America

Question 12

The mayflower compact laid the

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Foundation for the state of Massachusetts

Question 13

Conditions of an undeveloped land profoundly affected

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Economic
Social
And political life in colonial America

Question 14

Land was

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Cheap and readily available

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Labor was

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Scarce

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Indentured servant was a person who

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Sold his or her labor typically in exchange for cost of trip from Europe to colonies

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No indentured and free laborers earned

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Higher wages in America than in Europe

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Some people became wealthy and others failed creating

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A class of American poor

Question 19

Free inhabitants mostly achieved at least

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Moderate prosperity

Question 20

English practices that protested the landed aristocracy in Great Britain

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Did not survive

Question 21

England’s class system was

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Harder to maintain in America

Question 22

The chance to improve ones lot in life became

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An essential idea about the American experience

Question 23

Charter is a written document from a

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Government or ruler that grants certain rights

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Tradition of expressing rights in writing became an

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Essential part of American constitutions

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Massachusetts body of liberties provided for

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Rule of law and protection of rights of people living in that colony against abuse by a mahistrate or judge of the colony

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Massachusetts body of liberties was America's

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First bill of rights

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Massachusetts body of liberties guaranteed

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Trial by jury Free elections Right of free men to own property

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Mass body of liberties limited

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Suffrage but guaranteed some political rights to those who didn't enjoy voting franchise

Question 29

Some rights were restricted to

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Protestant white men or people who belonged to a colony's official state or established church

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Women were not granted

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Political rights

Question 31

Colonial laws limited women's right to

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Own property and manage their own legal and personal affairs

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Married women typically had the legal status of

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Underage children

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Native Americans did not enjoy

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Rights expressed in colonial documents

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Native Americans were

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Removed from their lands when necessary for colonial expansion

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Structure of colonial governments

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A governor Council of 3-30 landholders who advised governor/ served as highest court Assembly elected by people that had a say in matters of taxation

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Voting was limited to

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White male property owners

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Basic principles shared by colonial constitutions

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Fundamental rights Rule of law Representative government and right to vote Separation of powers

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Separation of powers

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Legislatures Governors Courts

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Legislatures

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Assemblies that assumed greater responsibility for making laws

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Governors

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Responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws ensuring that colonies were governed consistent with English law and tradition

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Courts

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Administer local justice and to preside over trials of those accused of breaking laws

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America. Colonists believed that security of life and liberty depended on

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Security of property

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Limiting suffrage to those who

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Possessed at least some land

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Owning 50 acres of land was a

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Voting property requirement in most colonies

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Colonial legislatures were more

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Broadly representative

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Colonial elections typically offered voters

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A choice of competing candidates

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Colonial legislators served shorter

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Terms than those of parliament and were required to live in the districts they represented

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Colonial legislators were responsible for ensuring that the

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Legislafure knew about needs and interests of their constituents

Question 49

Charter

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A written document from a governor or a ruler that grants certain rights