Colonial America

What is considered the 1st constitution in the colonies?

• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Fundamental Orders of Conn.
• House of Burgesses

The type of Government where elected delegates represent the people.

• Democracy
• Representative
• Theocracy
• Monarchy

This was the first legislature in English North America.

• General Court
• General Assembly
• Parliament
• House of Burgesses

The Virginia House of Burgesses was...

• A form of representative government created in Jamestown to make laws.
• A form of government the Pilgrims agreed to in Plymouth. 
• A form of government the pilgrims agreed to in Jamestown
• A rulebook created by Captain John Smyth 

Allowing English colonies self rule

• Enlightenment
• Magna Carta
• Declaration
• Salutary Neglect

Which is true about the colonial government in the Virginia colony?

• Virginia had a king similar to the monarchy in England.
• There was no colonial government in Virginia.
• Virginia had a representative government similar to Parliament in England called the House of Burgesses.
• The Viriginia colony had a representative government that allowed members of the colony to vote.

The main reason the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were formed was for

• religious tolerance
• profit and trade
• as a buffer to Spanish territory
• none of these are correct

Which colony was the first permanent English settlement? 

• Roanoke Island 
• Massachusetts Bay 
• Jamestown
• Georgia 

Which colonies were founded for religious freedom? 

• Pennsylvania, Georgia, Plymouth
• Jamestown, Pennsylvania, Georgia 
• Georgia, Plymouth, Jamestown 
• Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Pennsylvania 

Which colony was founded by Quakers? 

• Pennsylvania 
• Jamestown
• Roanoke Island 
• Plymouth