Civics Ch. 2 Review

The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on cash crops.

• True
• False

Most early colonists were loyal to England and valued their rights as English subjects.

• True
• False

The distance between the colonies and England made it difficult for colonists to have a say in English government.

• True
• False

Which of the following was the result of the Magna Carta?

• increased power for monarchs
• creation of the House of Burgesses
• protection of landholders’ (citizens) rights
• settlement of America

An agreement or contract among a group of people is a

• duty
• compact.
• natural right

The Mayflower Compact was a

• document that limited the power of the monarchy.
• letter that the colonists sent to King George III.
• pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.
• written plan for government.

In which colonies did the plantation system develop?

• Southern
• Middle
• New England

At the First Continental Congress, colonists

• declared war on Great Britain.
• demanded that King George III restore their rights.
• ended the boycott of British goods.
• signed the Declaration of Independence.

Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu

• argued that the laws of nature also applied to human life and society.
• did not believe that the laws of the universe could be discovered.
• invested in the Virginia Company.
• rebelled against King John of England, who had treated them harshly

A government in which citizens hold the power to rule is a _____________________________.

• monarchy
• democracy
• dictatorship