Colonial Government

Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step in the development of American Democracy?

• It established the principle of separation of church and state

• It provided a basis for self government in the Plymouth Colony

• It defined colonial relations with local Native American Indians

• It outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are more closely associated with -

• abuses by absolute monarchs

• establishment of religious toleration

• steps toward colonial self-government

• adoption of universal suffrage

Which Colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?

• North Carolina - refuge for English catholics

• Maryland - haven for pilgrims and puritans

• Pennsylvania - refuge for Quakers

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the House of Burgesses?

• The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

• The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

• The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.