QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. What was the extent of democracy in the world a century ago?
(Bryce, page 3.)

2. Why is the study of democracy increasingly important? (Bryce, pages
4-5.)

3. What is the fundamental significance of local self-government?
(Bryce, pages 131-133.)

4. In what way has the advance of the frontier meant a steady movement
away from the influence of Europe? (Turner, page 4.)

5. How did the frontier promote individualism? (Turner, page 30.)

6. What intellectual traits are fostered by pioneer life? (Turner,
pages 37-38.)

7. Explain the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
(McLaughlin, pages 11-13.)

8. Discuss the character of the colonial governor. (Beard, pages 3-7.)

9. What were the chief powers of the colonial legislature? (Beard,
page 8.)

10. Describe the colonial judiciary. (Beard, pages 12-14.)

11. What was the extent of the suffrage in colonial times? (Beard,