13 Colonies Quiz 2

Am important religious leader during the First Great Awakening was

• William Penn

• Anne Hutchinson

• Jonathan Edwards

• Peter Zenger

Civil magistrates in Massachusetts set up a special court in 1692 to

• create the Frame of Government

• pass the Half-Way Covenant

• try Peter Zenger for libel

• try people accused of witchcraft

Typically, colonial villages in New England

• were build around an area called a common

• had different ethnic neighborhoods

• were home to enslaved farm workers

• welcomed people of all religions

Why was the House of Burgesses significant in colonial America?

• Its members were elected by freemen in Pennsylvania.

• Its leader was the only elected governor in the colonies.

• It was the first example of representative government in the colonies.

• It was the first to establish the separation of governmental powers.