Government in Colonial America
Chapter 2, Lesson 1
As you read pages 36-41, create a timeline of influential European and colonial documents:
1. 1215- I
2. 1619-
3. 1620-
4. 1628-
5. 1639-
6. 1688-
7. 1690-
Answer the following questions
8. Explain the differences between a representative government and a limited government.
9. Which historical events, documents and philosophers influenced American colonists' ideas about government?
10. How were democrat ideals incorporated into colonial governments?
11. In what ways were colonial governments representative? List 3 examples and compare them to examples of
representative government in American today.