Colonization Day 6

Quakers are to anti-slavery as Dutch settlers in New York are to

• Georgia

• Catholics escaping persecution

• Moderate temperatures

• Religious freedom

Alaska is to freezing as the Middle Colonies are to __________

• Georgia

• Catholics escaping persecution

• Moderate temperatures

• Religious freedom

Lord Baltimore is to Maryland as James Oglethorpe is to _____________

• Georgia

• Catholics escaping persecution

• Moderate temperatures

• Religious freedom

Georgia is to debtors and convicts to start new lives as Maryland is to _______________

• Georgia

• Catholics escaping persecution

• Moderate temperatures

• Religious freedom

Which of the following describes a representative government?

• A small group of religious clerics making key decisions

• One leader delegating specific tasks to assistants

• A government made up of people chosen by their towns to represent them

• Keeping power in one family for centuries

Which choice is NOT an example of the growth of Representative Government in America?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• England’s Constitution

• Virginia House of Burgesses

What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• Appointed the first president

• Reprimanded disorderly travelers

• First document to create self-government in America

• Abolished slavery

What did the Virginia House of Burgesses accomplish?

• First representative legislature in the colonies

• First description of a free market system

• Last evidence of English rule in the colonies

• Established the colony of Virginia

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures

• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the Royal Governor

• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia

• The king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful

Which statement best describes the influence of this document?

• It helped establish the tradition of self government

• It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws

• It established the concept of inalienable rights

• It outlined a plan for independence from British rule