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Lesson 2  Colonial Government

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do new ideas change
the way people live?

English Principles of Government

Listing  At the heart of the English system of government were

two important principles. The first column below identifies these
principles. In the second column, write a definition for the
principle. In the third column, write an example of the principle.

Government Example of the

Definition
Principle Principle
Protected rights 1. 2.
when a government respects the magnia carta of 1215
liberties

Representative 3. 4.
when people eject people into
government the house of commons
government to respect them

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5. Explaining  What was the purpose of the English Bill
of Rights?
to set clear limits on a rulerrs powers

6. Identifying  Which type of colony was each of these?

charter
Massachusetts
propiretary
Pennsylvania
royal
Virginia
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7. Analyzing  How did local governments set the stage for

the American Revolution?
it gave them a strong belief in their right governing themselves

8. Analyzing  What is the relationship between imports and

exports in a mercantilist economic system?
exporting is a country sends out materials to other countries and importing

9. Drawing Conclusions  How did the colonists eventually

come to feel about the Navigation Acts and why?
they wanted to manufacture their own goods instead of importing them from
england

English Economic Policies

Reading for Accuracy  Use your textbook to decide if a

statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a
statement is false, rewrite it to make it true.

false
1. Mercantilism is an economic policy in which a

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country must import more than it exports.
in mercantislm you export more thsn you import

true
2. In order to make their mercantilist economy
succeed, Britain needed to import raw materials
from its colonies.

false
3. The American colonies were allowed to
manufacture their own goods if they chose to.
they were not allowed to manufacture
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false
4. The Navigation Acts were a series of laws that
allowed the colonies to sell their raw materials
wherever they wanted.
the had to sell materias to england

false
5. At first the colonists did not like the Navigation
Acts, but they came to appreciate them over time.
they liked them at first then came resent them

true
6. The colonists wanted the right to make their own
decisions about where they could sell their raw
materials.

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