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Colonial governments

8th Grade

17 Qs

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8th Grade

Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which was the first permanent settlement in the new world?

Roanoke
Plymouth
Jamestown
St. Augustine

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was the real purpose for the colonies?

To enrich the British
To build slavery 
To maintain religious tolerance
To help poor English settlers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact?

The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “civic body politic.” 
The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy
The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower
None of the above. 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

 Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

 to show that they opposed representative government.
to establish an orderly community
 to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony
 to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

During American colonization who were the colonies ruled by?

colonists

English kings

the president

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the House of Burgesses?

The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was the purpose of a town meeting?

to hire new colonists for new jobs

to help solve issues (problems) of the colonists

to catch up on all of the town gossip

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