Unit 1 Power Review Quiz

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future governments
• It weakened the influence of religion in government
• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract
• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.
• Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials while Jamestown's founders expected to discover gold.
• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.
• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit. 

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to - 

• Profit from natural resources
• avoid crop failures and famine
• produce cash crops to pay off debts
• escape persecution

• F
• G
• H
• J