Week 3 Homework

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Week 3 Homework    Day 1: Colonial Government: Watch your flipped video entitled Colonial Government in Google  Classroom. After watching the video answer the following question in complete sentences:  How do you think the government should be set up? Should all officials be elected? Or should  some officials be appointed?     _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________  Grade: __________  Day 2­4 Instructions: Watch the Flipped Video entitled Representative Government in the 13  Colonies. The video will discuss three examples of representative government in the 13  colonies: The Mayflower Compact, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and The  Virginia House of Burgesses. For each example answer the questions pertaining to that  example in the boxes below.  Day 2 Questions: ​How do you think that having this compact might have affected the Pilgrims once  they arrived in North America? What does the Mayflower Compact say about equality, and how  might this view have influenced the system of government in the United States? How do you think  the organization of the Pilgrims “together into a civil body politick” influenced later ideas about  government in the United States?    _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  Grade: __________  Day 3 Questions: What was the purpose of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? How did the  Orders set up the government in the colony of Connecticut? What ideas in the Orders can be seen  in our government today?    _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  Grade: __________  Day 4 Questions: What was the Virginia House of Burgesses? What exactly did this legislature do?  How did the Virginia House of Burgesses influence the colonies to move towards independence  from England? What are some similarities between the Virginia House of Burgesses and our  government today?    _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  Grade: __________