What was the first successful English joint stock company established in 1606? Which colony established the House of Burgesses? Which colony established the first representative assembly in America? What was the name of the rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon in 1676 against the colonial government of Virginia? Which document established a direct democracy in the Plymouth Colony? Which religious group sought to purify the Church of England and settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony? What was the name given to the religious group that believed in the inner light and equality of all people? Which term refers to the brutal journey that enslaved Africans were forced to endure across the Atlantic Ocean? What was the religious revival movement that swept through the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s? What was the name given to the practice of individuals agreeing to work for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the American colonies?
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- Q1What was the first successful English joint stock company established in 1606?Massachusetts Bay CompanyPlymouth CompanyVirginia Company of LondonHudson's Bay Company30s
- Q2Which colony established the first representative assembly in America?GeorgiaMassachusettsVirginiaMaryland30s
- Q3What was the name of the rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon in 1676 against the colonial government of Virginia?The Boston Tea PartyThe French and Indian WarBacon's RebellionThe Stamp Act Rebellion30s
- Q4Which religious group sought to purify the Church of England and settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony?QuakersPuritansCatholicsAnglicans30s
- Q5Which term refers to the brutal journey that enslaved Africans were forced to endure across the Atlantic Ocean?Great MigrationMiddle PassageOregon TrailTrail of Tears30s
- Q6What was the name given to the religious group that believed in the inner light and equality of all people?AnglicansQuakersCatholicsPuritans30s
- Q7What was the document that established a direct democracy in the Plymouth Colony?Declaration of IndependenceMayflower CompactMagna CartaEmancipation Proclamation30s
- Q8What was the name given to the practice of individuals agreeing to work for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the American colonies?FeudalismIndentured servitudeSlaverySerfdom30s
- Q9What was the religious revival movement that swept through the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s?The Industrial RevolutionThe RenaissanceThe Great AwakeningThe Enlightenment30s
- Q10Which colony established the House of Burgesses?MarylandVirginiaGeorgiaMassachusetts30s