CREATING AMERICA
ROOTS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
READING: CHAPTER 5 SEC. 2
PAGES 141-145
DEFINE OR EXPLAIN:
1. freemen
5. Dominion of New England
2. Magna Carta
6. Glorious Revolution
3. Parliament
7. Monarch
4. Edmund Andros
QUESTIONS:
1. What did colonists expect from government?
2. What rights did the Magna Carta protect?
3. What was one of the most important rights of an Englishman?
4. In what ways did the colonies govern themselves?
5. Why did the colonies dislike rule by Parliament?
6. Why did King James form the Dominion of New England?
7. How did Governor Andros anger the colonists?
8. Why did the English people not like King James II?
9. What rights were protected by the English Bill of Rights?
10. What allowed the colonists to develop a strong sense of self-government?
11. What trial in 1735 extended colonial rights? What right?
THOUGHT QUESTION:
1. Why is the right to vote so important? (Think of what Thomas Hooker said)
SKILLS: USE THE DIAGRAM ON PAGE 144 TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
1. Which official (s) were appointed, and which were elected?
2. How were lawmaking powers shared?
3. How did the colonial assembly control the governor’s power?