Puritans
The Puritans desired to establish:
A: a colony independent from Great Britain
B: a model society
C: complete separation between church and state
D: religious toleration for all Christians
B: a model society
The _____ was the first document of self-government in America.
A: Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
B: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
C: Half-Way Covenant
D: Mayflower Compact
D: Mayflower Compact
Key features of New England's economy included all of the following except:
A: Fishing and whaling
B: Shipbuilding
C: Small farms
D: Tobacco
D: Tobacco
The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania:
A: Established a state church
B: Denied political liberty to Quakers
C: Provided religious toleration
D: Required obedience to the Dutch East India Company
C: Provided religious toleration
The upper class of the New England colonies were mostly:
A: Craftsmen and fishermen
B: Lawyers and merchant shippers
C: Planters and tailors
D: Sailmakers and weavers
B: Lawyers and merchant shippers
Anne Hutchinson and _____ were dissenting Puritans who moved to settlements in Rhode Island.
A: John Winthrop
B: Roger Williams
C: Thomas Hooker
D: William Bradford
B: Roger Williams
A _____ colony was governed by a trading company.
A: Charter
B: Proprietary
C: Royal
A: Charter
The following were features of the economy in the middle colonies except:
A: Large crops and herds
B: Exports of indigo
C: Fur trapping
D: Shipbuilding
B: Exports of indigo
The Maryland Toleration Act was intended to secure religious tolerance for:
A: Anglicans
B: French Huguenots
C: English Catholics
D: Quakers
C: English Catholics
All of the following describe indentured servants except that they:
A: contracted work for a period of time in exchange for passage to America
B: could not marry without the permission of the contract-holder
C: received land and other "freedom dues" at the end of their service
D: returned to Europe at the end of their contract
D: returned to Europe at the end of their contract
_____ was the Puritan minister who supported suffrage that was independent of church membership.
A: John Winthrop
B: Roger Williams
C: Thomas Hooker
D: William Bradford
C: Thomas Hooker
_____ was the practice of awarding fifty acres of land to any person who paid for another's passage to America.
A: Debt charity
B: Indentured servitude
C: The Half-Way Covenant
D: The headright system
D: The headright system
Which of these is true concerning the southern colonies?
A: More industries developed there than in New England or middle colonies.
B: Most southerners were owners of plantations
C: Plantations increased the number of towns
D: Slaves were often used for labor in growing cash crops
D: slaves were often used for labor in growing cash crops
What preacher of the Great Awakening preached the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
A: George Whitefield
B: Jonathan Edwards
C: Samuel Davies
B: Jonathan Edwards
The two largest non-English groups to settle in the colonies were:
A: French and Spanish
B: German and Scots-Irish
C: Russian and Italian
D: Swedish and Dutch
B: German and Scots-Irish
True or False: Religious persecution from the Puritan Church led Anglicans to seek religious freedom in the Netherlands and America
False
One of the unique reasons for settling Georgia was to:
A: acquire land for Sweden
B: Create a military buffer against Spanish Florida
C: Offer refuge to French Huguenots
D: Settle Native Americans from Virginia
B: Create a military buffer against Spanish Florida
Why was there more growth in the New England colonies than in the southern colonies?
A: The New England colonies attracted whole families
B: The New England colonies originally had more slaves than the southern colonies
C: the southern colonies had more women than men
D: the southern colonists were not able to expand past to the frontier
A: The New England colonies attracted whole families
In which region was the established Anglican church prominent?
A: middle colonies
B: New England colonies
C: southern colonies
C: southern colonies
Both John Elliot and David Brainerd were:
A: Puritans who believed taking land from the native Americans was a sin
B: governors of Massachusetts during wars with Native Americans
C: missionaries to Native Americans
D: participants in attacking Native Americans during Bacon's Rebellion
C: missionaries to Native Americans
How did the Puritans differ from the separatists in regards to the Anglican church?
The Puritans wanted to purify it from within, while the Separatists wanted to separate completely.
In addition to passing laws, the colonial assembly's powers included:
A: acting as a final court of appeals
B: commanding the militia
C: controlling taxes
D: vetoing legislation
C: controlling taxes
True or false: growing cash crops in the southern colonies depended largely on slave labor.
True
Which region had the most religious diversity?
A: middle colonies
B: New England colonies
C: southern colonies
A: middle colonies
True or false: New York was originally a Dutch settlement before the Dutch surrendered the colony to the English.
True