eStudy Guide

Content Analysis:
Instructor: Mr. Philip Rappaport
Name of the Textbook: Civics: Participating in Government
Grade Level of Target students: 10th
Title of Chapter or Selection: Chapter 4 America's Political Heritage
Length of Selection: 18 pages
Estimated Reading Time required: 2 hours

Major Concepts:
  • Describe the role colonists played in their government
  • Defining the rights and responsibilities of colonial citizens
  • Identify the freedoms that early colonists struggled to gain
  • Explain why many colonists became dissatisfied with royal governors


Vocabulary:
  • Charter
  • Colony
  • Heritage
  • Legislature
  • Tyranny