Ch. 3 Pd. 3

What is a written document by which a colony is founded and its rights and privileges defined?

• Constitution

• Monarchy

• Charter

• Compact

What is a colony that is controlled by the royal government of England?

• Parliament Colony

• Royal Colony

• Monarch Colony

• Proprietary Colony

What type of colony is controlled by one person who allows other people to live there?

• Royal Colony

• Charter Colony

• Proprietary Colony

• Representative Colony

What was the name of the first assembly or self-governing body?

• House of Burgesses

• House of Virginia

• House of Plymouth

• House of Mayflower

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?

• English Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• it provided the basis for a self-governing colony
• it established the first representative assembly in America
• it extended voting rights to non-church members
• It established the idea of due process

Which statement accurately describes the people who were allowed to vote in elections of representatives to colonial assemblies?

• they were colonists of means born in America
• they were men who owned property
• they were women who were able to read and write
• they were colonists born in England

Signed a contract agreeing to work for a specific length of time

• Slave
• Indentured Servant
• Both

Governments in the colonies were influenced by and sometimes controlled by this country:

• France

• the United States of America

• England

• Spain

This document written in 1215, established rights and the idea that government should be limited:

• the English Bill of RIghts

• the Magna Carta

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Common Law