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Social Studies Ch 11 L1
Test Description: The Road to Self-Government
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is an assembly?
A
religious gathering
B
gathering of friends
C
Law-making bodies.
D
gathering of students
2) What were colonial assemblies modeled on?
A
Europe's Common Market.
B
England's Parliament.
C
Germany's House of Burgesses.
D
England's House of Lords.
3) What other form of government did the colonies have?
A
royal assemblies
B
elected govenors
C
elected presidents
D
royal govenors
4) What was the earliest form of self-government in the New England colonies?
A
The town meeting.
B
House of Burgesses
C
The Mayflower Compact.
D
Assemblies
5) How many colonies had royal govenors?
A
All 13.
B
12
C
10
D
8
6) How did the royal govenors become the govenor of their colony?
A
They were chosen by the king of England.
B
They were elected by the males of the colony.
C
They were chosen by the richest land owner of the colony.
D
They were elected by the land owners of the colony.
7) What couldn't assemblies do?
A
Raise money for the colony.
B
Create laws and solve problems.
C
Refuse to give royal govenor's money for their plans.
D
Elect a royal govenor.
8) Why was Virginia's House of Burgesses important in history?
A
It created laws, collected taxes, and printed money.
B
It was the first government to include all of its citizens in all its processes.
C
It taught England that the colonies needed royal govenors.
D
It was a model for the other colonies and helped the colonies learn they could govern themselves.
9) Why is John Peter Zenger important to American history?
A
He printed the truth.
B
His trial was the first trial of a newspaper printer.
C
He criticized New York's royal govenor.
D
His trial established freedom of speech.
10) Who was Phyllis Wheatley?
A
She published a book of poetry while she was still enslaved.
B
She was a member of the Boston assembly.
C
She was the wife of John Wheatley and taught her young slave to read and write.
D
She was a printer who wrote the truth.
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