Civics Chapter 4, Lesson 2 Review Page 97 / 1-6 1
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Question / 1 What reasons did dissenters and indentured servants have for coming to the American colonies? 2
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Answer / Question 1 Religious dissenters came to America to worship in their own way, and poor people came as indentured servants hoping for a better life. 3
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Question / 2 Use the terms plantation and cash crop in a sentence about the colonies’ economy. 4
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Answer / Question 2 Sample Sentence: In the Southern Colonies, plantations grew tobacco as a crash crop. 5
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Question / 3 How did the writings of people like John Locke lead colonists to resent the British government? 6
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Answer / Question 3 Locke wrote that governments should serve the people, whereas the colonists felt they were made to serve the British King. 7
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Question / 4 How did geographic features influence life in the colonies? 8
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Answer / Question 4 Soil, climate, and natural resources affected all three economic regions. New Englanders were fur traders, fishers, shipbuilders, and shopkeepers. 9
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Question / 5 How do John Locke’s ideas help explain why the colonists looked to their legislatures for leadership instead of to the colony’s governor? 10
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Answer / Question 5 Legislatures were the colonists’ elected representatives, whereas the governor represented the king. 11
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Question / 6 You have decided to move from Great Britain to America in the 1700s. Write a letter to a friend explaining which colony you have chosen to settle in and why? 12
Civics Chapter 4, Lesson / 2 Answer / Question 6 Student answers will vary, but should include accurate facts that support their choice about the geography, economy, and way of life in the chosen colony. 13