Colonial Governments

What was the real purpose for the colonies?

• To enrich the British
• To build slavery 
• To maintain religious tolerance
• To help poor English settlers

1. This document signed in 1215, first limited the powers of the king or queen of England and established certain rights?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

1. This document signed in 1689 further limited the power of the king and queen of England and solidified certain rights?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Federalist Papers

1. What was Virginia’s first elected assembly called?

• The Parliament

• Congress

• House of Burgesses

• Charter

A town meeting was where people of New England ___________________________________.

• listened to sermons all day
• voted on laws and elected leaders
• raised their livestock
• taught their children how to read the Bible

What is the House of Burgesses?

• The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

• The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

• The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.

What was the purpose of a town meeting?

• to hire new colonists for new jobs

• to help solve issues (problems) of the colonists

• to catch up on all of the town gossip

In 1619, only __________ were considered citizens and could elect burgesses. 

• men and women
• adult white men
• male slaves
• First Americans

In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.

• a representative assembly
• peace and harmony
• self-expression
• self-government

_______________________ was the first written colonial constitution.

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Fundamental Orders of Massachsetts
• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• The Declaration Of Independence