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