Colonial Review

The Virginia House of Burgess and the Mayflower Compact had a similar effect in that both

• reinforced the English Parliament's control over the Colonies

• gave settlers the power to establish colonies

• contributed to the development of representative democracy

• granted absolute authority to the colonial governors

The Virginia House of Burgesses was important to the development of democracy in the thirteen colonies because it

• provided an example of a representative form of government

• created the first representative assembly

• provided for direct election of senators

• began the practice of legislative override of executive vetos

Colonial-era New England town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were both

• early social reform movements

• attempts to build a strong national governement

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

• efforts to regulate trade with Native American Indians

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British

• sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements

• required colonial representation in Parliament

• practiced salutary neglect in the colonies

• maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents

• an effort by the colonists to use force to resist the King

• a clear step toward self government

• an early attempt by the colonists to establish universal suffrage

• an attempt by the colonists to establish freedom of religion

Which generalization is most clearly supported by the information provided by the ma?

• Most early European settlements were located west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Rivers and harbors played a major roles in the location of early settlements

• Only Dutch colonists settled away from the Atlantic coast

• The Great Lakes were important shipping routes for the early settlers

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

• places quotas on immigration

• discouraged the export of raw materials to England

• placed restrictions on trading

• encouraged colonial manufacturing

The Mayflower Compact, the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are all examples of the efforts of colonial Americans to

• use democratic practices in government

• protest British land policies

• establish religious freedom

• overthrow British royal governors

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because

• expressed the importance of self government

• established freedom of religion

• created the first colonial judicary

• granted all males the right to vote

Which feature of government was developed most fully during the colonial era?

• separation of church and state

• an independent court system

• universal suffrage

• representative assemblies