Representative Govt #2

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

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

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

What is a crop people grow to sell?

• supply

• cash crop

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

First written constitution in the American colonies that influenced many ideas that are found in the U.S. Constitution.

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

1st representative governing body in the American colonies.

• English Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Congress

He believed in Freedom of Religion and living by the democratic process.

• William Penn
• William Blackstone
• John Locke
• Thomas Jackson