What was the name of the first representative democracy in the English colony of Jamestown?

1. What was the name of the first representative democracy in the English colony of Jamestown? • A. Virginia company • B. House of Burgesses • C. Mayflower Compact • D. Parliament

2. Why did American colonists resent British taxes? • American members of Parliament voted against taxes • Americans grew their own tea • The Mayflower Compact did not allow for taxes • They had no representatives in the British Parliament

3. What was the name of the Philadelphia meeting of 1774 to discuss concerns of independence and British laws? • First Continental Congress • Mayflower Compact • Boston Tea Party • Declaratory Act

4. Which was a reason for Shay’s rebellion? • The Intolerable Acts • Lack of representation in Parliament • High tea prices • High state taxes that forced farmers into debt

5. In which colonial region could you find tobacco and rice grown? • New England • The Northern Colonies • The Southern Colonies • New York and Pennsylvania

6. What was Thomas Paine’s argument in his book Common Sense? • He argued against independence • He argued against the Articles of Confederation • He argued for repairing relations with Britain • He argued for complete independence from Britain

7. How was the direct democracy practiced under the Mayflower Compact? • By creating a House of Burgesses • By rejecting common law • Through town meetings • By a governor appointed by a King

8. Which of the following is a right found in the Magna Carta that US citizens receive today? • The right to bear arms • The right to a trial by a jury of peers • The right to taxation without representation • The right to diplomatic immunity

9. On what were more than half the delegates at the Second Continental Congress able to agree? • That British control of colonies was too weak • That colonies must break away from Britain • That King George III deserved loyalty of colonists • That colonists could not win a war against Britain

10. Among early forms of self government, which entity did King Charles I allow to continue as an elected legislature? • House of Burgesses • Mayflower Compact • First Continental Congress • English Bill of Rights

11. Which statement best explains why colonies were united against the Townshend Acts? • The acts allowed British soldiers to search and occupy the colonists’ homes • The acts forced the northern and southern colonies to organize boycotts • The acts gave Britain the right to make decisions for the colonies “in all cases.” • The acts imposed on colonists’ taxes on imported items such as glass and tea

12. What type of government was in place in England when the colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts were formed? • Democracy • Dictatorship • Socialist state • monarchy

13. Which region of the North American British colonies was noted for good harbors; shallow, rocky soil; and abundant fishing? • New England • Mid-Atlantic • Southern • Atlantic Basin

14. The colonists objected to the Stamp and Quartering Act because these Acts did which of the following? • Violated their rights as British citizens • Limited their religious freedom • Prevented new settlements in the colonies • Limited colonial economic growth

15. Which Native American agricultural product was critical to the success of the Virginia colony? • Coffee • Cotton • Rice • Tobacco

16. Which of the following best describes the economy of the southern region in the colonial period? • Large farms, staple crops and cheap labor • Warehouses, shipbuilding, and towns • Small farms, fish products, and markets • Towns, small farms, and cheap labor

17. Under mercantilism, the English colonies were expected to provide all of the following except what? • Naval stores • Soldiers • Raw materials • markets

18. Which of the following quotations would have appealed the most to an American nationalist (patriot) in colonial America? • “for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world…God help us from both!” • “When a French trader or trapper plunged into the forest…it was to mingle with the lives of the natives…” • “The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘Tis time to part.’ “ • “be of your trade, count it a disgrace to be no workman…”

19. Which of the following did colonists most resent? • King George III • Taxation • Lord North • mercantilism

20. Which group of documents demonstrates the desire among colonists for self-government? • Mayflower Compact, of Plymouth Plantation, Common Sense • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Second treatise on Government, The Federalist • Mayflower Compact, Albany Plan of Union, Declaration of Independence • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Maryland Toleration Act, New England Primer