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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best explains the significance of the signing of the Mayflower Compact?The colonists swore to survive together or die in North America.The colonists agreed to create their own government and to obey its rules.The colonists declared their independence from English royal authority.The colonists established the principle of freedom of religion in Plymouth.
- 2. Multiple Choice1. English colony established at Jamestown.
2. Fighting breaks out at Lexington and Concord.
3. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted.
4. Pilgrims land at Plymouth.
5. First Great Awakening begins.
Which sequence of events would be in chronological order?1-2-3-4-53-4-2-1-51-4-3-5-23-2-4-1-5 - 3. Multiple Choice
as a places for debtors and convictsfor religious reasonsin the hope of making a profitby joint stock companies - 4. Multiple ChoiceA careful examination of the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut would show -the importance of creating a government with a strong chief executivethe desire of the colonists to establish forms of self-government for local problemsthe desire of the colonists to overthrow royal governors appointed in Londoncolonial leaders' desire to create a government based on checks and balances
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow were the colonies of New England similar to each other?They had long coastlines, rocky soil and cold winters.They had tall grasses, little rainfall and fertile soil.They had long growing seasons, mild winters, and hot summers.They had high mountains, fast flowing streams and rare mineral resources.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn what way were the colonies of New England and the Middle Atlantic similar?They grew so much wheat they became known as the "bread baskets."They had both cold winters and hot summers.They developed plantation systems based on the use of slave labor.They experienced a scarcity of water.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one way that the Southern and Middle Atlantic Colonies differed?The Middle Atlantic Colonies never permitted the institution of slavery.More people in the Middle Atlantic Colonies could trace their roots to England.There was greater religious diversity in the Middle Atlantic Colonies.Most people in the Middle Atlantic Colonies were Dutch or Swedish.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Mayflower Compact influence the growth of democracy in America?It provided a basis for self-government in Plymouth Colony.It established the principle of separation of church and state.It helped to define colonial relations with local American Indian tribes.It outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceOne way in which the settlements at Jamestown (1607) and New Amersterdam (1625) were similar is that both were located -in the mountainson islands far from fresh waternear the coastlinein a dry climate
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are most closely associated with -abuses by absolute monarchsestablishment of religious tolerationsteps toward colonial self-governmentadoption of universal suffrage
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn which region of the United States was the first permanent English settlement located?Pacific NorthwestGreat PlainsAtlantic CoastGreat Lake Mountains
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe need for agricultural workers in the tobacco fields of colonial Virginia led to the -formation of labor unionsdecision to industrializeimprovement in farminguse of enslaved people from Africa
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one important result of the encounter between Europeans and Native American Indians?Native American Indian populations continued to increase.The African slave trade ended.New diseases were spread to Native American populations.Spain's empire in the New World declined.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceEarly Europeans explorers who came to the "New World" were looking for a Northwest Passage in order to -prove the world was roundimprove trade with Native American indiansexplore the Great Lakesfind a shorter water-route to Asia
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?North Carolina - haven for Pilgrims and PuritansGeorgia - place for imprisoned debtors and convictsMaryland - refuge for QuakersPennsylvania - refuge for English Catholics
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the major reason European rulers sought to colonize North America?They needed people from North America to settle in Europe.They sought to learn more about Native American cultures.They sought to expand their power with riches from the "New World."They wanted a place to send their criminal population.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceOne reason for the importance of the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was that they laid the foundation for -a two-house legislature in state governmentsthe growth of representative government in Colonial Americathe development of English common law in the coloniessocial freedom in colonial legislatures
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe journeys of Henry Hudson, Christopher Columbus, and Robert de LaSalle to the "New World" were made possible because of the -effects of the Atlantic slave tradesupport of exploration by the English Parliamenttrade connections established by the travels of Marco Polodevelopment of new navigational instruments and technology
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat motivated British colonists to come to North and South Carolina and Georgia?to find gold and silverto escape religious persecutionto escape poverty and obtain landto trade furs with the natives
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Mayflower Compact (1620) was an important step in the development of American democracy because it -promoted respect for self-governmentcreated the first colonial courtsestablished freedom of religiongranted all males the right to vote
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