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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich was the first permanent settlement in the new world?RoanokePlymouthJamestownSt. Augustine
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the real purpose for the colonies?To enrich the BritishTo build slaveryTo maintain religious toleranceTo help poor English settlers
- 3. Multiple ChoiceUse the excerpt to answer the question that follows.
. . . I know that the Colonies in general owe little or nothing to any care of ours, and
that they are not squeezed into this happy form by the constraints of watchful and
suspicious government, but that, through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous
nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection . . . .
—Edmund Burke, “On Moving . . . for Conciliation with the Colonies,” 1775
Edmund Burke was a member of the British Parliament who wanted to avoid war with the American colonists. Which statement would he most likely support?. Great Britain should copy colonial institutions of government.The colonies would be better governed directly under British rule.Colonists have governed themselves well without British interference.Larger colonies should be made smaller to make them easier to govern. - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact?The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “civic body politic.”The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracyThe Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the MayflowerNone of the above.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?to show that they opposed representative government.to establish an orderly communityto reinforce the laws of England in the new colonyto guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony
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- 7. Multiple Choice
During American colonization who were the colonies ruled by?
colonists
English kings
the president
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the House of Burgesses?
The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.
The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.
The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of a town meeting?
to hire new colonists for new jobs
to help solve issues (problems) of the colonists
to catch up on all of the town gossip
- 10. Multiple ChoicePermission to create a legislative body in the colony of Virginia was granted in theUnited States ConstitutionCharters from the King of EnglandDeclaration of IndependenceShip's log of the Susan Constant
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn 1619, only __________ were considered citizens and could elect burgesses.men and womenadult white menmale slavesFirst Americans
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?English Bill of RightsFundamental Orders of ConnecticutMagna CartaMayflower Compact
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following documents extended voting rights to non-church members?Mayflower CompactMagna CartaVirginia House of BurgessesFundamental Orders of Connecticut
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.a representative assemblypeace and harmonyself-expressionself-government
- 15. Multiple Choice_______________________ was the first written colonial constitution.The Mayflower CompactThe Fundamental Orders of MassachsettsThe Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutThe Declaration Of Independence
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses representedcolonial attempts to build a strong national governmentefforts by the British to strengthen their control over the coloniessteps in the growth of representative democracyearly social reform movements
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following lead Colonists to establish representative governments:A distance from EnglandTraditional Rights of EnglishmenA need to make lawsAll of the answers are correct.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe type of Government where elected delegates represent the people.DemocracyRepresentativeTheocracyMonarchy
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMercantilism is when a country builds its wealth by this system.Allowing free trade in its coloniesBartering with other countriesThe government monitors all tradeThe colonies are only allowed to trade with the mother country
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