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Exit-Level History - TAKS - Objective 1: 8.1.C.1 -1607 - Pre-Test



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
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Before arriving in North America, Winthrop penned his goals for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Which statement about the colonial period can best be supported from the excerpt?
a.
Some colonies were founded on religious principles.
b.
Some colonies were havens of religious tolerance.
c.
Some colonies required religious affiliation for holding an elective office.
d.
Some colonies promoted religious education in the public schools.
 

Matching
 
 
Match each term to its definition below:
a.
American colonists
b.
Freemen
c.
Runnymede
d.
Abdication
e.
Succession
f.
Plymouth Harbor
 

 2. 

the act of being ousted from the throne
 

 3. 

where the Mayflower landed
 

 4. 

where the Magna Carta was signed
 

 5. 

the right to succeed to a position, namely as a member of a royal family
 

 6. 

those whose rights were fixed by the Magna Carta
 

 7. 

used the ideas in the Magna Carta to assert their rights with the British king
 



 
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