Colonial Documents Guided Notes
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This document appears to be guided notes on colonial documents related to self-government in early America. It includes blanks to fill in definitions of key terms like "self-government" and short descriptions of important documents such as the Mayflower Compact, the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the New England Articles of Confederation, and the Maryland Toleration Act that established systems of government for the colonies and key principles of the founders like self-government and religious tolerance.
Colonial Documents Guided Notes
- 1. Name: __________________ Colonial Documents Guided Note Essential Question: ____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 1. In your own words ,define “self-government”:__________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 2. What belief did American founders get from Enlightenment thinkers? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 3. What was the result of the First Virginia Charter?__________________ ________________________________________________________ 4. What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?________________ ________________________________________________________ 5. What was the significance of the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company?_______________________________________________ 6. What was unique about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?_____ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________
- 2. 7. Why were the New England Articles of Confederationwritten?_______ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 8. What was the importance of the Maryland Toleration Act?__________ _______________________________________________________