Colonial America Practice #1

Which of the following was not a New England Colony?

• Connecticut

• New York

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut influence the development of a representative government in America?

• It created America’s first representative government.

       

• It was the first document to set rules for representative government.

• It expanded the right to vote to all men who owned property

• It set limits on the power of the governor

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

• colony

• joint stock company

• debtors

• country

A religious group that wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

• Debtors

• Indentured Servants

• Puritans

• Catholics

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

• Debtors

• Pilgrims

• Catholics

• Indentured Servants

an account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

• biography

• secondary source

• primary source

• credible source

Who created or establish Jamestown?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Virginia Company of London

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

What "cash crop" did John Rolfe popularize that helped Jamestown survive?

• Cotton

• Indigo

• Tobacco

• Corn

Which is the representative governing body in the American colonies?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Congress

When the Colonists landed in Jamestown, what Native American tribe was living in the area?

• Cahokians

• Hohokam

• Anasazi

• Powhatan