Chapter 2 How the British Colonies Began

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Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and began the settlement at Providence, Rhode Island, to promote which of these ideas? heresy, peace, tolerance, rebellion

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tolerance

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Which freedom was most important to the British settlers who originally settled Pennsylvania?

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religious freedom

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Which colony was home to the largest number of Quakers? Options: Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts

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Pennsylvania

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1638) are MOST important in United States political history because

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it was one of the earliest Western-style constitutions in the New World

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What document established a tradition of direct democracy in New England?

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Mayflower Compact

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How did the Virginia House of Burgesses differ from the government that was established by the Mayflower Compact?

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The House of Burgesses was a representative assembly.