8th grade Colonial Government

Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact?

• The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “Social Contract" beginning Direct Democracy
• The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy
• The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower
• None of the above. 

The Magna Carta was the first document to _________________.

• place limits on the power of wealthy landowners.
• establish a monarchy.
• place limits of an English ruler's power.
• give greater power to an English ruler.

In a representative government people do what?

• Elect delegates to create laws and run government.
• Elect delegates to create laws and run schools.
• Elect laws and run government.
• Elect delegates to run government.

What group of people had a voice in government in colonial America.

• women
• men 
• white men who owned property
• women who owned property

This was the first legislature in English North America.

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

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• The first written constitution in the Colonies.
• The first written framework for government in the colonies.
• The first document protecting individual rights.
• The government the people of Jamestown created. 

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 

The Magna Carta limited the Kings powers by...

• Guaranteeing due process (trail by jury)
• Making it impossible for the King to make new rules. 
• Making noblemen more powerful than the King. 
• Making the King pay back unfair taxes. 

The English Bill of Rights guaranteed the following:

• Freedom of Religion and the Press
• Freedom of Speech and Cruel and Unusual Punishment
• Freedom of Speech and a Fair Trail
• Right to a Fair Trial and Freedom from Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Which of the following lead Colonists to establish representative governments:

• A distance from England
• Traditional Rights of Englishmen
• A need to make laws
• All of the answers are correct.