Colonization

South Carolina, New York, and Virginia were founded for 

• religious freedom
• economic reasons
• for debtors and prisoners to start over

In 1607 the first permanent English settlement was established at __________

• Jamestown, Virginia
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• New York, New York

The first representative legislature in North America was the - 

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Virginia House of Burgesses

Which of the following was a reason for the growth of representative government in the colonies?

• distance from Great Britain
• They did not like the Kings in Europe
• They were an independent country in the 1600s and had to set up their own governments

What established a self governing colony in 1620?

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and ________ were founded for religious freedom. 

• New York
• Massachusetts
• Georgia
• Virginia

Which region had a cold climate, rocky soil, lumbering, fishing, and shipbuilding? 

• New England
• Middle Atlantic
• Southern

Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania and they were pacifists, abolitionists, and believed in equal rights for women?

• Puritans
• Quakers
• Pilgrims
• Mormons

What was the first written constitution in the colonies that allowed non church members to vote? 

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Mayflower Compact
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence

Thomas Hooker - founded Connecticut
Virginia Company of London - founded Virginia
James Oglethorpe - founded Georgia
Roger Williams - founded ???

• Massachusetts
• New York
• South Carolina
• Rhode Island