How A Little Neglect Went A Long Way Worksheet (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

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Name ________________________________________________ Date ________________ Block____________

Directions: Answer the questions below in complete sentences.

6) Define mercantilism.

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7) Explain three ways colonies were a source of wealth according to mercantilist theory.

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8) What did Britain end after 1763? Why?

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Now, add to these historical facts, the fact that the 18

century (the 1700s) was the Age of Reason or the Age of

the European Enlightenment. Look at the chart below. Do you remember these Enlightenment thinkers?

John Locke

Baron de Montesquieu

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Voltaire

1- Believed governments

1- Separation of powers

1- Popular sovereignty

1- Religious Freedom

obtain their authority

from the consent of

2- Executive, Legislative,

2- a doctrine in political

2- Freedom of Speech

the people they govern

and Judicial Branch of

theory that

Government

government is created

2- Opposed to Divine

by and subject to the

Right of Kings

3- To prevent tyranny

will of the people

3- Natural Rights: Life,

Liberty, Property

Directions: Close read the document below. SHOW THAT YOU WERE IN THE TEXT

“During the European Enlightenment, thinkers were setting forth the idea that governments should be structured

on a foundation of law and that a contract existed between the government and the governed. It was not too great

a step from that idea to the belief that revolution against those who abused the existing contract was justified. The

makers of the American revolution and later the founders of the American constitutional system of government

were guided in their actions and beliefs by the theory of natural rights and the idea of representative government,

as advocated by the Enlightenment thinkers.”

Two Flashcards that May be Helpful before Multiple-Choice Practice:

1- The Mayflower Compact was a document signed by

The Mayflower

Pilgrims crossing the Atlantic in 1620.

Compact and the

2- The Mayflower Compact established a colonial government

House of Burgesses

deriving power from the consent of the governed.

3- Virginia established its own House of Burgesses, in which

elected representatives helped govern the colony.

1) The British and the French became involved in the

French and Indian War (1754-1763).

Consequences of the

2) The British eventually defeated the French and gained

French and Indian War

control of Canada.

3) However, the British incurred a large debt in the course

of the struggle.

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