civics activity 1
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Civics Activity 1. Solution. Enlightenment: 33. When English people began to settle the Americas, they brought with them a history of limited and representative government. These were the ideas of a cultural movement called the enlightenment. Monarch: 33. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Civics Activity 1
Solution
Enlightenment: 33
When English people began to settle the Americas, they brought with them a history of limited and representative government. These were the ideas of a cultural movement called the enlightenment.
Monarch: 33
Another name for a monarch is a King or a Queen.
Legislature: 33
Britain’s lawmaking body was called Parliament.
Natural Rights: 34
According to the enlightenment writer John Locke everyone posses the rights of life, liberty, and property.
Social Contract: 35
A social contract is an agreement among the people in a society. They give up part of their freedom to a government in exchange for protection.
Charter: 36
A charter is a written document granting land and authority to set up colonial governments.
Joint Stock: 36
A joint stock company was formed by investors who owned the colony and shared in future profits.
Proprietary Colony /Royal Colony: 39 A proprietary colony is one where an
owner or proprietor owns the land and controls the government. In a Royal colony the king rules and owns the colony.
http://edwin.sjfc.edu/krickard/e-port2/stteach/colonialamer.htm
Northern Colonies (New England)
Colony Industries
Massachusetts Fish, lumber, rum, whaling, shipbuilding, farming
New Hampshire Fish, lumber, whaling, fur trapping, shipbuilding, farming
Connecticut rum, shipbuilding, farming, fish, whaling
Rhode Island Fish, whaling, shipbuilding, farming
Middle Colonies
Colony Industries
New York Shipbuilding, farming, grain, cattle, lumber
Pennsylvania Farming, ironworks
New Jersey Farming, ironworks
Delaware Farming, tobacco
Southern Colonies
Colony IndustriesMaryland Farming, tobacco, cattle,
fishing
Virginia Farming, tobacco, cattle, fishing
North Carolina Farming, tobacco, naval stores, rice and indigo
South Carolina Farming, rice and indigo, naval stores
Georgia Farming, rice and indigo, naval stores, cattle