Early Representative Govt

The House of Burgesses 1619 is important in history because it was the 

• the first time a council advised the Virginia Company
• only legislative body in England
• first election of women as leaders
• first elective legislative body in America

The House of Burgesses 1619 gave the colonists in Virginia the opportunity to control _______________

• their own government
• the First Americans
• the Royal Governor
• the King of England

Which of the following is the most important reason why Pilgrims came to America?

•  gold
• trade
• land
• religious freedom

When did Mayflower come to America?

• 1500
• 1620
• 1492
• 1410

How was the agreement which bonded Pilgrims called?

• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Napoleonic Code
• Geneva Conventions

When was Mayflower Compact written?

• 1410
• 1492
• 1655
• 1620

Which of the following is the most important reason why Pilgrims came to America?

•  gold
• trade
• land
• religious freedom

The distance from Great Britain led to

• the development of self-government

• establishing a king for each colony

• increased shipbuilding for travel

• Parliament establishing new religious traditions in Great Britain

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut influenced the U.S. Constitution because --

• it was the first written constitution in the American colonies

• it was the colonies' first attempt to seek independence

• only document that granted voting rights to men and women

• first document to try and end slavery

The Mayflower Compact was important in the development of representative government because the document --

• increased the freedoms of the first colonists

• extended freedom to members of all religions

• granted voting rights to women

• established self-government in the British colonies