STAAR Review - Representative Government

Match the following

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• 1620

• Mayflower Compact

• 1619

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• 1639

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8.3B

Match the following

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia Colony

• House of Burgesses

• Plymouth Colony

• Fundamental Orders

• Connecticut

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8.3B

Match the following

• Representative Government

• House of Burgesses

• Social Contract

• Mayflower Compact

• Written Constitution

• Fundamental Orders

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8.3B

In the early days of the colonies, a belief in these rights helped lead to -

• the establishment of royal courts

• the growth of representative government

• the implementation of the mercantile system

• the abolishment of indentured servitude

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8.3A

What was one way slow communication with the British government affected the American colonies?

• The colonies united for trade and defense

• Self-government developed in the colonies

• Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased

• The colonies petitioned the government to establish a navy

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8.3A

For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To form a social contract among themselves

• To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

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8.3A

The Virginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia so that colonists could -

• self-govern on a local level

• vote in the British Parliament

• participate in a free-market economy

• express dissatisfaction with British rule

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8.3A

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• The doctrine of the Church of England

• The economic system of mercantilism

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8.3A

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures

• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor

• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia

• The king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful

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8.3A

The factors listed above contributed most to the -

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians

• election of British colonists to Parliament

• growth of representative government in the British colonies

• expansion of British trade in the Americas

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8.3A