Question 1

Which of the following describes a representative government?

Accepted Answer

A government made up of people chosen by their towns to represent them

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A small group of religious clerics making key decisions

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One leader delegating specific tasks to assistants

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Keeping power in one family for centuries

Question 2

What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

Accepted Answer

First document to create self-government in America

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Reprimanded disorderly travelers

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Appointed the first president and elected legislature

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Abolished slavery in America

Question 3

What did the Virginia House of Burgesses accomplish?

Accepted Answer

First representative legislature in the colonies

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Last evidence of English rule in the colonies

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Established the colony of Virginia

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First description of a free market system

Question 4

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

Accepted Answer

The assembly served as a model of self-government for other colonial legislatures.

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The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent the colony of Virginia.

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Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.

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The king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful.

Question 5

Which statement best describes the influence of this document?

Accepted Answer

It helped establish the tradition of self-government.

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It established the concept of unalienable rights.

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It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.

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It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.

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