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Colonial Government

Authored by Whitney Stone

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was also called a social contract?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Mayflower Compact

Virginia House of Burgesses

Representative Government

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was the FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Virginia House of Burgesses

Mayflower Compact

Representative Government

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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