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Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was the historical significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
  1. It declared Virginia's independence from Great Britain
  2. It began a tradition of representative government in the English colonies
  3. It began a tradition of military rule in the English colonies
  4. It established an official state religion
Grade 7 Colonial Period
This Maryland law was the first effort in the English colonies to support religious freedom
  1. Headright Act
  2. Intolerable Act
  3. Toleration Act of 1649
  4. Enlightenment Act
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
  1. to ensure that only pilgrims governed
  2. to establish a state religion
  3. to establish laws for the general good
  4. to persecute those with certain beliefs
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Most Native Americans in Texas
  1. became ranchers
  2. refused to accept mission life
  3. adapted easily to Spanish culture
  4. wanted to learn a trade
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Navigation Acts
  1. Forced labor that was mainly used in the southern colonies
  2. Law that said colonies who pay their way to Virginia will receive 50 acres of land for each person they bring
  3. Leader of the Puritans
  4. Document giving colonists permission to settle in a certain area
  5. Document the Pilgrims signed to govern their colony
  6. Laborers who worked for 3 - 7 years in exchange for payment to America
  7. Trade laws the English put in place to control the American colonies
  8. Founded Pennsylvania
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was the name of the attack against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia?
  1. Lettuce's Rebellion
  2. The Slave Code
  3. Mayflower Compact
  4. Bacon's Rebellion
Grade 7 Colonial Period
The horse was brought to America by the
  1. French
  2. English
  3. Tonkawas
  4. Spanish
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Headright System
  1. Forced labor that was mainly used in the southern colonies
  2. Law that said colonies who pay their way to Virginia will receive 50 acres of land for each person they bring
  3. Leader of the Puritans
  4. Document giving colonists permission to settle in a certain area
  5. Document the Pilgrims signed to govern their colony
  6. Laborers who worked for 3 - 7 years in exchange for payment to America
  7. Trade laws the English put in place to control the American colonies
  8. Founded Pennsylvania
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Which of the following was a religious movement that helped spread democratic feelings in the colonies?
  1. the Great Migration
  2. the Enlightenment
  3. The Great Awakening
  4. the Glorious Revolution
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims used to sail to North America?
  1. the Flower Pot
  2. the Mayflower
  3. the Pilgrimage
  4. none of the above
Grade 7 Colonial Period
An uprising, led by Nathaniel Bacon, against high taxes was known as
  1. Toleration Act of 1649
  2. Bacon's Rebellion
  3. Indentured Servants
  4. Mayflower Compact
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Why was the Toleration Act of 1649 significant to America’s development?
  1. It stopped all conflicts betweeb Catholics and Protestants
  2. It was the first law supporting religous tolerance in the American colonies
  3. It showed how a democracy can pass laws in a fair way
  4. It was the first law that set up one primary religion in the U.S.
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
  1. King of England
  2. President of the United States
  3. Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was the purpose of colonial New England town meetings?
  1. to play music and dance
  2. to sell livestock and trade goods
  3. to pray and rest
  4. to discuss important community issues
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What town was burned down during Bacon's Rebellion?
  1. Plymouth Rock
  2. Hammonton
  3. Jamestown
  4. Salem
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was one reason for English colonization in America?
  1. Find new land
  2. Increase Wealth and power
  3. Meet new people
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