Colonial America

Which of the following was the result of the Magna Carta?

• increased power for monarchs

• creation of the House of Burgesses

• protection of landholders’ rights

• settlement of America

In which colonies did the plantation system develop?

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Western Colonies

Farmers grew cash crops in the ____________________, which they traded overseas.

• Middle Colonies

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• New England Colonies

• Western Colonies

The Mayflower Compact was a

• document that limited the power of the monarchy.

• letter that the colonists sent to King George III.

• pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.

• written plan for government

At the First Continental Congress, colonists

• declared war on Great Britain.

• demanded that King George III restore their rights.

• ended the boycott of British goods.

• signed the Declaration of Independence.

Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu

• argued that the laws of nature also applied to human life and society.

• did not believe that the laws of the universe could be discovered.

• invested in the Virginia Company.

• rebelled against King John of England, who had treated them harshly.

An agreement or contract among a group of people is a

• duty

• compact.

• natural right.

• proclamation.

The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on cash crops.

• True

• False

Many industries and large towns grew in the Southern Colonies.

• True

• False

Most early colonists were loyal to England and valued their rights as English subjects.

• True

• False