From Ideas to Independence Reading Review

How were most of the 13 colonies established?

• By democratic elections

• Through royal charters issued by the king

• By military conquest

• Through treaties with Native Americans

What was the Mayflower Compact's significance in American history?

• It was the first written framework for self-government

• It declared independence from Britain

• It established the first American university

• It was the first trade agreement with Native Americans

What was the name of New England's first code of laws created by colonists in Massachusetts in 1641?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Massachusetts Body of Liberties

• The Virginia Charter

• The Colonial Ordinance

What could partly limit the power of royal governors?

• The king's decree

• Colonial legislatures

• The military

• The church

In what year was Virginia's House of Burgesses established?

• 1620

• 1619

• 1630

• 1607

What was the policy of "benign neglect"?

• Strict enforcement of British laws in the colonies

• Allowing colonies to manage their own affairs with minimal interference

• Complete independence for the colonies

• Heavy taxation of the colonies

What argument did the British government use to justify taxing the colonies after the war?

• The colonies should pay for their own defense

• The colonies had too much wealth

• The colonies were not contributing to the empire

• The colonies needed to be punished

What was the colonial reaction to the Intolerable Acts?

• Acceptance of British rule

• Increased resistance and defiance

• Migration to other countries

• Formation of new colonies

How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?

• By paying the duties

• By boycotting all British goods

• By writing letters to Parliament

• By forming a new government

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• Acts that granted more freedom to the colonies

• Acts that imposed taxes on all goods

• Acts that were a response to the Boston Tea Party

• Acts that allowed colonists to govern themselves