Chapter 1 Gallopade Test

Select your US History class

• Period 1
• Period 4
• Period 5
• Period 6

Enter your "First Name."

Enter your "Last Name."

What is the best heading for this outline?

• Failed Attempts at Self Government
• Colonial Governments Created by Parliament
• Colonial Governments of Virginia
• Examples of Early Representative Government

What development allowed the Jamestown colony to prosper?

• Settlers began to mine gold in the area.
• Limits were placed on the number of new families.
• Colonists began to grow tobacco as a cash crop.
• Settlers started to manufacture cotton cloth for sale.

What was the main motivation behind the establishment of Jamestown and other southern colonies?

• political refuge
• economic gain
• religious freedom
• social experimentation

Which colonial government most resembles the system of government in the United States legislature today?

• Albany Plan of Union
• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Massachusetts's town-meetings

During the Colonial Era, the original settlers of the New England region came to the continent for what reason?

• economic mobility
• plantation agriculture
• social equality
• religious freedom

This is an excerpt from the Mayflower Compact. What political idea is reflected in this excerpt?

• checks and balances
• mercantilism
• self-government
• separation of church and state

What is the major reason the Pilgrims left England?

• They wanted to establish a pure Catholic society.
• The British government forced them to leave.
• They believed they could make better profits in America.
• They thought the Church of England could not be reformed.