Colonial Representative Government | ||
#1 | Who created the Mayflower Compact? | The Pilgrims |
#2 | What was the Mayflower Compact? | An agreement to establish and obey the laws. |
#3 | What was the Virginia House of Burgesses? | |
#4 | The Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are precedents of what? | Representative Government |
#5 | Name a limited self government that was established in the colonies? | Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
13 Colonies | ||
#1 | What region in the 13 colonies had yearly growing seasons and had large plantations for economic development? | Southern Colonies |
#2 | What colony established for religious reasons: Rhode Island, Virginia, New York, Georgia? | Rhode Island |
#3 | What colony did William Penn establish for Quakers? | Pennsylvania |
#4 | Why did the British colonies all settle on the eastern coast line? | Easy to sail from and to England |
#5 | What two religious groups settled in Massachusetts | Pilgrims and Puritans |
French and Indian War | ||
#1 | Who fought against the British? | French and Native Americans |
#2 | During what year was the French and Indian War fought ? | 1754- 1763 |
#3 | What area was the name of the area the war was fought for | Ohio River Valley |
#4 | What visible geographic feature was used as the boundry of the Proclamation Line of 1763 | Appalachian Mountains |
#5 | What document was signed to end the French and Indian War? Year? | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
European Exploration | ||
#1 | Name one European Country that explored the New World | Spain, Portugal, France, Britain |
#2 | Why were the Europeans able to find a water route to asia? | Navigational skills, new technology |
#3 | What did the Europeans do when they found the New World? | Expanded thier empire, searched for riches, converted natives to Christianity |
#4 | What country established a fur trade in North America | France |
#5 | What did all the European countries have in common in the New World? | They all establish settlements in the New World |
Roots of Representative | ||
#1 | What is Englands Representative government called? | Parliament |
#2 | What are the law making bodies called in Englands Parliament? | House of Commons and House of Lords |
#3 | What was one thing the Magna Carta forbad the King from doing? | Could not sieze land, could not be taxed unless a council agreed, could only be tried by a jury of their peers |
#4 | What was the English Bill of Rights? | agreement the king or queen could not cancel laws or impose taxes unless Parliament agreed |
#5 | What were the colonial representative able to do in the colonies? | made laws, had authority to tax, paid governer's salary |
Final Question | |
Name all the colonies starting from the New England and ending with the last colony in the Southern Colony? | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |