Use the excerpt from The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut to answer the question. 5. The ideas expressed in the excerpt illustrate
A. how individualism influenced public policy.
B. the principle of self-government in the colonies.
C. checks and balances between citizens and the elected officials.
D. separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.

6. According to the excerpt, public magistrates are to be directly selected by the
A. people.
B. king.
C. secretary.
D. governor.

Use the excerpt from John Newton's Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade to answer the question.

7. In the excerpt, Newton cites which of the following as an effect of the transatlantic slave trade's spread to English colonies in North America?
A. European infighting
B. reconstruction of British ships
C. the American Revolution
D. wars in Africa

8. What does the excerpt reveal about the experiences of enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage?
A. Many enslaved Africans died while being transported.
B. The enslaved Africans were treated as commercial products.
C. Very few enslaved Africans could be transported on a single ship.
D. The families of enslaved Africans were kept together in the same room.