Early Representative Govt

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

• To demonstrate good will toward local American Indians

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

• To form a social contract among themselves

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram?

• created a general council to manage the colonies

• experienced strict control by Parliament

• established their own representative governments

• appointed governors who reported to the King

"With England 3,000 miles away, political and legal matters couldn’t wait for word from England."

Which of the following reasons matches the description?

• Distance

• Rights and Traditions of Englishmen

• Salutary Neglect

• Self-Governing Colonies

The Virginia House of Burgesses 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 where representatives were elected by the people

What happened as a result of Salutary Neglect?

• the colonies developed a tradition of self-government

• many religious groups would leave the 13 colonies

• many colonies made alliances with other countries

• wealthy colonies would declare independence

Why was the Mayflower Compact created?

• to satisfy British church leaders

• to justify taking land from the American Indians

• to establish self government in the colonies

• to provide a way to make more trips to North America

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is important because it —

• established the largest colonial military unit in the Revolutionary War

• banned protest demonstrations against the English king

• served as a legislative model for the U.S. Congress

• was the first written constitution in North America

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

 Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

•  to show that they opposed representative government.
• to establish an orderly community
•  to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony
•  to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony