Colonial Government

Which of the following was also called a social contract?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Representative Government

Which of the following is true?

• Representative government formed because the colonies did not trust the King.

• Representative government formed because the King required it of the colonies.

• Representative government formed because the colonies were too far from the King's rule.

• Representative government formed because the colonies were fighting for Independence.

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

What is the significance of the Pilgrims’ arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French.

• It led to an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies.

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England.

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies.

Why is this sequence of events important?

• Colonists created a legislature with two houses.

• Colonists declared independence from English rule.

• Colonists defended the concept of unalienable rights.

• Colonists established a tradition of self-government.

Which of the following was the FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Representative Government

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies was that the British...

• required colonial representation in Parliament

• sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements

• practiced salutary neglect in the colonies

• maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

What is Salutary Neglect?

• Policy meant to keep the colonies loyal to Britain by not enforcing rules.

• American policy to neglect the rules of Britain.

• An economic system that benefits the mother country at the expense of the colony

• The process of neglecting salutary.

Which of the following was considered the FIRST REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT in the colonies?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Salutary Neglect

• Mayflower Compact

Why did the colonies create their own type of government for the colonies?

• because of the DISTANCE from the King

• because they did not respect the King

• because the King required them to

• because their delegates forced them to