Colonial America

This was the first legislature in English North America.

• General Court
• General Assembly
• Parliament
• House of Burgesses

What is considered the 1st constitution in the colonies?

• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Fundamental Orders of Conn.
• House of Burgesses

Which Middle Colony was founded by Quakers?

• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware

Which of the following colonies were part of the NEW ENGLAND colonies? (check all that apply)

• Massacusetts

• New York

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

• Virginia

The Puritans believed in religious tolerance for all religious groups.

• true

• false

This early leader of Jamestown saved the colony by forcing all settlers to work. He famously said "He who will not work shall not eat."

• William Bradford

• John Smith

• Roger Williams

• John Winthrop

Which of the following colonies were part of the middle colonies? (check all that apply)

• New York

• Connecticut

• Georgia

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

Which of the following colonies were part of the southern colonies? (check all that apply)

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Delaware

• New Hampshire

• North Carolina

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

• expressed the importance of self-government
• established freedom of religion
• created the first colonial judicial system
• granted all males the right to vote

First permanent English settlement in North America

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown