1) Unit 1 Review

The desire for religious separation from the Church of England and wholesome beliefs best describe which

of the following?

• Jamestown settlement

• Province of Georgia

• Puritan Settlement

• Dutch settlement of New York

The colonies of Massachusetts, Maryland, and Pennsylvania had which of the following in common?

• All three areas are acquired for the purposes of obtaining natural resources.

• Each settlement was established as a refuge for religious sovereignty.

• English debtors were forced to settle and manage all three colonies.

• Agricultural good became the main export within these territories

The Spanish, English, and French all sponsored voyages to the New World that prompted discovery and colonization. Why did these individuals leave their homelands?

• The possibility of gaining wealth through acquiring gold or title.

• The political unrest and lack of religious freedom in their own countries.

• The possibility of establishing new trade routes.

• All of the above

Why was the Virginia House of Burgesses a significant institution in colonial America?

• It established the principle of freedom of the press in the colonies

• It contributed to the growth of representative government in the colonies.

• It organized opposition to the colonization of Canada.

• It documented the early history of the colonies.

The Mayflower Compact was important because:

• declared American Independence from the British government

• established an alliance between American colonist and Native Americans

• was the first written expressed of self-rule in colonial America

• granted economic freedom in the colonies and overturned British trade laws

-Mayflower Compact written

-Virginia House of Burgesses formed

-New England town meetings held

The events in the box all contributed to:

• the beginning of the colonial slave trade

• the growth of colonial representative government

• the end of colonial religious activity

• the decline of the colonial population

We whose names are underwritten…

Combine ourselves into a civil body politic…

Mayflower Compact

November 11, 1620

What is the significance of the document excerpted above?

• It marked the establishment of the first tax-collecting authority in the American colonies.

• It established the basic laws followed by all American colonies.

• It marked the first appearance of political parties.

• It established a self-governing colony based on rule of the people.

Which of the following is an example of a Southern colony?

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

• New Yrok

• Rhode Island

Which of the following best describes Mercantilism?

• Moving from place to place

• England getting rich off the colonists

• Anti-slavery

• Voting Rights

Reasons for Growth of Colonial

Representative Government...

• Need for law and order; long distance from England

• to make life more difficult

• cause Coach Kovo said so

• none of the above