Colonial America

Which document established a self-governing colony based on rule of the people?

• Consititution

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Why was Virginia established?

• Refuge for political dissidents

• Profit economically

• Religion

Why would people settle in this area

• Near bodies of water

• Mountainous region

• Good highways

• They were on the York River

Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans come to America?

• Expand land from the King

• Democratic government

• Religious freedom

• To make more money

Which region had large plantations?

• Middle region

• Southern region

• New England

Who was Anne Hutchinson and why was she banished?

• Challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy

• She was a witch

• Gave birth out of wedlock

• Taught predestination

What enabled the growth of colonial government?

• Creation of wealth

• Lack of social and economic provisions

• Cooperation between natives

• Difficulty of exercising government control from a distance

What is a characteristic of representative government?

• It prohibited taxation by the government

• It gave citizens a voice in their government

• It allowed one person to make critical decisions

• It gave all political power to a few key leaders

The Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings, Virginia House of Burgesses are examples of?

• Early colonial efforts in self-government

• Colonial protests against British taxation

• Governments imposed by Parliament

• Attempts to limit democracy

In the late 1400s and 1500s, the primary reason for European exploration was:

• To find new sources for tin and wool

• To relieve overpopulation

• To find new routes to China and the East Indies

• Improve navigation skills