Colonial Roots of America’s Founding Ideals



Colonial Roots of America’s Founding Ideals

INSTRUCTIONS: Using the information in Chapter 4, section 3 of the History Alive! textbook, develop a spoke diagram that reflects the colonial roots of America’s five founding ideals. Follow these steps:

• Neatly copy the title and five spokes shown below into your Intellectual Diary (or onto a separate sheet of paper to be put into your I.D. later).

• Next to the appropriate founding ideal, list each of the following events with an explanation of how the event reflects the founding ideal: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, House of Burgesses, Albany Plan of Union, Act of Religious Toleration, Zenger Trial, and Great Awakening

• Cut out the 7 icons provided below and attached it to its corresponding colonial event.

• Answer the two “Critical Thinking Questions” listed below in complete sentences in you I.D.

One example has been done for you below.

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CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS – Answer in complete sentences

1. Which of America’s founding ideals was most strongly nurtured during the colonial period? What led you that conclusion?

2. Which of America’s founding ideals was least nurtured during the colonial period? What led you that conclusion?

3. Which of America’s founding ideals is having the greatest impact on life in America today? Explain.

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