UNIT 1. COLONIAL AMERICA 1ST 6 WEEKS

Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step in the development of American democracy?

• It established the principle of separation of church and state

• it provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth colony

• it defined colonial relations with local Native Americans

• it outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

One way in which the settlements at Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay Colony were similar is that both were located --

• in the mountains

• on islands far from fresh water

• in a dry climate

• near a coastline

The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are most closely associalted with --

• abuses by absolute monarchs

• establishment of religious toleration

• steps toward colonial self-government

• adoption of universal suffrage

in which region was the 1st permanent English settlement located?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Coastal Colonies

• Southern Colonies

The need for agricultural workers in the tobacco fields on colonial Virginia led to the --

• formation of labor unions

• decision to industrialize

• improvement in farming

• use of enslaved peoples from Africa

What was one important result of the encouter between Europeans and Native American Indians?

• Native American Indian populations continued to increase

• the Afrecan slave trade ended

• new diseases were spread to Native American populations

• Spain's empire in the New World declined

Early European explorers who came to the New World were looking for a Northwest passage in order to --

• prover the world was round

• improve trade with Indians

• explore the Great Lakes

• find a shorter water-route to Asia

which geographic feature along the Atlantic coastline contributed most to the growth of trade in the British colonies?

• many offshore islands

• high, rocky cliffs

• natural harbors

• barrier reefs

most early coloniests--

• were unable to achieve political unity

• were located very close to each other

• built their settlements near bodies of water

• encountered great difficulties with the Native American Indians

which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?

• No. Carolina - haven for Pilgrims and Puritans

• Georgia -- place for imprisoned debtors and convicts

• Maryland -- refuge for Quakers

• Pennsylvania -- refuge for English Catholics