Colonial Life

Which of the following are examples of colonial farms being self-sufficient?

• they built their own house

• they cleared their own land

• they borrowed clothing from a neighbor

• they went to market to buy food

Which of the following was a reason fires were a dangerous reality for people living in colonial cities?

• colonial cities were full of pyromaniacs

• fires were needed for warmth and cooking

• buildings were made of wood and were close together

• ineffective method of putting out fires

Which of the following were crimes in colonial Puritan Massachusetts?

• witchcraft

• denying the true God

• selling liquor on Sunday

• selling liquor on Tuesday

What did the Magna Carta accomplish?

• gave the king more power

• limited the king's power

• got rid of the king

• made the king change his crown

When signed this re-asserted Parliament's power.

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• Mr. Hayes' Class Rules

Parliament is made up of ________ from across ________. It approved ________ and taxes proposed by the king or queen.

• representatives, laws, England

• England, representatives, laws

• representatives, England, laws

• laws, England, representatives

To make a formal demand or request

• rights

• legislature

• petition

A law-making body

• rights

• legislature

• petition

Powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government.

• rights

• legislature

• petition

In which region were they most intense about wanting their children to read the Bible?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies