Multiple Choice
Colonial Virginia's elected body of representatives was called the?
a. House of Commons
b. London Company
c. House of Burgesses
d. royal colony
C. House of Burgesses
The man responsible for establishing a settlement at Philadelphia was "William Penn".
True
a second governor of Plymouth and the author of "Of Plymouth Plantation"
William Bradford
Georgia's first permanent settlement.
Savannah
The first written Constitution in America was the?
a. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
b. Declaration of Independence
c. Ole' Deluder Satan Act
d. Mayflower Compact
a. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The name of the colony that is now the state of New York was New "Sweden".
False. Netherland
English evangelist who preached throughout the colonies, sometimes 20,000 people at once.
George Whitefield
South Carolina's first permanent settlement.
Virginia
The Pilgrims established their colony at Plymouth in?
a. 1630
b. 1620
c. 1619
d. 1607
b. 1620
Count von Zinzendorf was the leader of the "Moravians", a group active in missionary work
true
minister of colony at Plymouth
Elder Brewster
Became the capital of Virginia in 1699
Williamsburg
In ____ Jamestown was founded.
a. 1630
b. 1620
c. 1619
d. 1607
d. 1607
The proper name for the "Shakers" was the Society of Friends.
False. Quakers
first governor of Jamestown
Lord De La War
first royal colony owned by the King of England.
Virginia
England defeated the ___ Armada in 1588.
a. French
b. Spanish
c. Portuguese
d. Dutch
b. Spanish
The Indian who lived with the Pilgrims and helped them to survive was "Samoset".
flase. Squanto
hired to protect the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Captain Miles Standish
Lord Baltimore requested American land to begin this colony for English Catholics.
Maryland