The list below provides reasons for the growth of representative government during the Colonial Era.

Question

Which of the following reasons correctly replaces the question mark in the above list?

(1 point)
Responses

Ideas of John Smith and other English soldiers
Ideas of John Smith and other English soldiers

Interest in growing cash crops
Interest in growing cash crops

Influence of John Locke and other Enlightenment philosophers
Influence of John Locke and other Enlightenment philosophers

Need to establish trading forts

Answer 1

The reason that correctly replaces the question mark in the list is:

Influence of John Locke and other Enlightenment philosophers

John Locke's ideas about natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract significantly influenced the development of representative government during the Colonial Era.