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Exploration and The 13 Colonies

Authored by Roxanne Mettlach

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Exploration and The 13 Colonies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which colony was founded in 1620?

Jamestown

Georgia

Plymouth

Maryland

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Maryland was a refuge for?

debtors

students

Catholics

Pilgrims

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a primary motive for European exploration of the Americas?

to found utopian communities

to expand empires

to promote free enterprise

to extend democracy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a characteristic of representative government in colonial America?

It gave citizens a voice in their government.

It prohibited taxation by the government.

It gave all political power to a few key leaders.

It allowed one person to make the critical decisions.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Virginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia so that colonists could —

participate in a free-market economy

vote in the British Parliament

self-govern on a local level

eat when they wanted to

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For what reason did a group of colonists agree to The Mayflower Compact?

To form a social contract among themselves

To create a facebook page

To establish trade relations with other colonies

To order takeout

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The factors listed above contributed most to the —

reason for being late to class

colonizing of Georgia

election of British colonists to Parliament

growth of representative government in the British colonies

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