Colonial America Leaders & Govt

The Virginia Colony had the same rights as England, so they set up a law making branch of government called a _________.

• judicial branch

• legistature

• executive order

• tyranny

The House of Burgesses had representatives also known as ______.

• consuls

• judges

• congressman

• burgesses

Men were elected as ____________to act, speak, or make decisions for others in the colony for the for the House of Burgesses.

• generals

• representatives

• governors

• praetors

Because of the Puritans deep religious beliefs, the government of Massachusetts Bay colony was considered a ______, government run by religious leaders and laws.

• monarchy

• tyranny

• oligarchy

• theocracy

Ann Hutchinson was _____, or forced to leave, the Massachusetts Bay Colony after being tried for threatening the social structure of the community.

• executed

• banished

• summoned

• migrated

Ann Hutchinson was questioned and persecuted for her _________, a belief, idea, or theory on economics, politics, or religion.

• theology

• orthodoxy

• ideology

• sociology

______wanted more religious freedoms and believed Native Americans should be paid a fair price for their lands. He was banished from the Massachusetts's Bay Colony. He moved and established the Providence Plantation which later became Rhode Island.

• Roger Williams

• Edward Winslow

• William Brandford

• John Rolfe

_____ was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after disagreeing with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.  He believed in government by the people, for the people.

• John Smith

• William Penn

• Thomas Hooker

• William Bradford

_____ was a Mayflower Compact signer and later became a governor of Plymouth colony. He wrote pamphlets to promote colonization of North America and made valuable treaties with the Wampanoag people.

• William Bradford

• John Winthrop

• Edward Winslow

• Ann Hutchinson

______ was the first governor of the Massachusetts's Bay Colony and is famous for his "City on a Hill" speech.

• John Winthrop

• Thomas Hooker

• John Adams

• Cecil Calvert