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# Study Guide Questions and Answers **11. Describe and explain the significance of the following:** * **Mayflower Compact:** Established self-governance and democracy. * **Virginia House of Burgesses:** First representative government in the colonies. * **Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:** A s...

# Study Guide Questions and Answers **11. Describe and explain the significance of the following:** * **Mayflower Compact:** Established self-governance and democracy. * **Virginia House of Burgesses:** First representative government in the colonies. * **Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:** A set of laws establishing government. **12. What was the name of the religious event that encouraged colonists to question authority?** The Great Awakening. **13. How did early colonial religion encourage representative government?** * Colonists were used to electing church members to govern their congregations. * Puritan ministers controlled the Massachusetts government in the early colonies. * The colony of New York welcomed people of different faiths. * Most colonists in Virginia belonged to the Church of England. **14. Describe and explain the significance of the following Revolutionary-era people:** * **Abigail Adams:** Wife of John Adams, advocated for women's rights. * **Sam Adams:** Founding father, signed the Declaration of Independence, key figure in the Boston Tea Party. * **John Adams:** Leader of the Sons of Liberty. * **Mercy Otis Warren:** Pioneer for women's rights, considered the first female historian. * **Ben Franklin:** Drafted the Declaration of Independence and signed the Constitution. * **George Washington:** First president of the U.S, general of the continental army, fought in the French-Indian war. * **King George III:** King of England during the American Revolution. * **Crispus Attucks:** First person killed during the Boston Massacre; was a black man. * **Thomas Paine:** Author of *Common Sense*. * **Thomas Jefferson:** 3rd president of the U.S., secretary of state; wrote the Declaration of Independence. * **Patrick Henry:** Known for the quote "Give me liberty, or give me death!". * **Wentworth Cheswell:** First African American elected to public office. * **John Paul Jones:** Father of the American Navy. * **Paul Revere:** Famous for the midnight ride warning colonists of approaching British troops.