Colonial Government Review-22

Multiple Choice

Which factor most contributes to the creation of the documents in this list?

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• The doctrine of the Church of England

• The economic system of Mercantilism.

Colonial Government Review-22

4/19/22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a mercantilist practice that angered American colonists?

• having to pay high duties on foreign sugar and molasses.

• banning colonists from fishing or trading in animal fur.

• sending large amounts of goldand silver to the colonies from England.

• using slaves in Europe to manufacture goods as well to sell to coloniets.

Multiple Choice

What was the importance of the formation of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619?

• It was the first elected assembly in the American colonies.

• It controlled all aspects of colonial government without any royal supervision.

• It established the principle that authority flows from the British monarch to the colonists.

• It created three equal branches of government, with checks on one another.

Multiple Choice

Which important principles was established by the Mayflower Compact?

• Political Powers should be left in the hands of the rorayal family.

• A bill of rights must be created to guaranteed the rights of the people.

• People can agree to limited self-government by offering to obey rules they established.

• Government power must be limited in order to protect individual rights