TEST RETAKE: Unit 2- 13 Colonies

What aspect of the First Great Awakening led to the rise of the representative government within the colonies?

• Many new churches were formed and they elected the congregations.

• Disagreements and divisions over religious teachings and leaders divided many of the local churches.

• This rebirth of religious feelings was known as the First Great Awakening.

• During the early 1700s, a new interest in religion was developing within the colonies.

• The desire to be in control of their religious leaders caused colonists to become more interested in choosing their own government leaders.

Which colony correctly completes this diagram?

Massachusetts is to Refuge for English Puritans as ? is to Refuge for English Catholics

• Maryland

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Georgia

It is Ordered, sentenced, and decreed, that there shall be yearly two

General Assemblies or Courts, . . . the first shall be called the Court

of Election, wherein shall be yearly chosen from time to time, so

many Magistrates and other public Officers as shall be found

requisite [required]: Whereof one to be chosen Governor for the year

ensuing and until another be chosen, and no other Magistrate to be

chosen for more than one year: provided always there be six chosen

besides the Governor, which being chosen and sworn according to

an Oath recorded for that purpose, shall have the power to

administer justice according to the Laws here established, and for

want thereof, according to the Rule of the Word of God; which

choice shall be made by all that are admitted freemen and have

taken the Oath of Fidelity, and do cohabit within this Jurisdiction

having been admitted Inhabitants by the major part of the Town

wherein they live or the major part of such as shall be then present.

—Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639

How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut contribute to the expansion of representative democracy?

• It established elections.

• It required a loyalty oath.

• It created six positions for judges.

• It was made the highest law of the land.

Why did the House of Burgesses of Virginia represent an important step toward colonial self-governance?

• Courts established within the colony were run by popularly elected officials.

• The governor of the colony was elected to the post by the colonists.

• Taxes collected from colonists were used solely to pay for local services.

• Colonists selected representatives to serve in a legislative assembly.

In 1636, Thomas Hooker . . . established the first English settlement in Connecticut. Convinced that government should rest on free consent, he ________?

• limited property ownership to church members

• extended voting rights beyond church members

• restricted trade with neighboring colonies

• asked the king to appoint a governor for the colony

The geographic factors in this table led primarily to the ________

• founding of trade schools in some colonies

• development of different economies in the two regions

• establishment of import taxes in some colonies

• pattern of religious differences in the two regions

In the early days of the colonies, a belief in these rights helped lead to —

• the establishment of royal courts

• the growth of representative government

• the implementation of the mercantile system

• the abolishment of indentured servitude

Which geographic feature allowed the Mid-Atlantic (Middle) colonies to have a longer growing season than the New England colonies?

• Thick forests

• Navigable rivers

• Flat land with rocky soil

• Mild climate

Which factor was a reason for the trade system illustrated on this map?

• Labor demands of the factory system

• Invention of the steamboat

• Labor demands of the plantation system

• Invention of the mechanical loom

Which feature of colonial self-government does this charter establish?

• Direct democracy

• An elected legislature

• Separation of powers

• Checks and balances