Question 1

The minister Thomas Hooker

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A)  wanted the separation of church and state in Rhode Island. 
B)  was the first governor of Massachusetts. 
C)  agreed with Anne Hutchinson's challenges to the Puritan church elders. 
D)  pointed the way to the rock on shore that Plymouth Colony was founded on. 
E)  expanded the number of men who could vote in Hartford. 
A)  wanted the separation of church and state in Rhode Island. 
B)  was the first governor of Massachusetts. 
C)  agreed with Anne Hutchinson's challenges to the Puritan church elders. 
D)  pointed the way to the rock on shore that Plymouth Colony was founded on. 
E)  expanded the number of men who could vote in Hartford.

Question 2

At the heart of the English Civil War was

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A)  which family would rule the English throne. 
B)  whether Puritans should separate from the Church of England. 
C)  who should control the colonies in the New World. 
D)  whether England should be an ally of Spain. 
E)  a question of sovereignty between Parliament and the king. 
A)  which family would rule the English throne. 
B)  whether Puritans should separate from the Church of England. 
C)  who should control the colonies in the New World. 
D)  whether England should be an ally of Spain. 
E)  a question of sovereignty between Parliament and the king.

Question 3

Which North American area received the most English settlers in the seventeenth century?

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A)  Newfoundland 
B)  Chesapeake region 
C)  West Indies 
D)  New England 
E)  Middle Colonies 
A)  Newfoundland 
B)  Chesapeake region 
C)  West Indies 
D)  New England 
E)  Middle Colonies

Question 4

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was

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A)  an outdated idea. 
B)  to be unquestioned. 
C)  so absolute that a husband could order the murder of his wife. 
D)  not supposed to resemble God's authority in any way, because that would be blasphemous. 
E)  limited only by the number of children-the more, the better. 
A)  an outdated idea. 
B)  to be unquestioned. 
C)  so absolute that a husband could order the murder of his wife. 
D)  not supposed to resemble God's authority in any way, because that would be blasphemous. 
E)  limited only by the number of children-the more, the better.

Question 5

Which colony created the first elected assembly in colonial America?

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A)  Rhode Island 
B)  Maryland 
C)  Roanoke 
D)  Virginia 
E)  Massachusetts 
A)  Rhode Island 
B)  Maryland 
C)  Roanoke 
D)  Virginia 
E)  Massachusetts

Question 6

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

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A)  Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church. 
B)  Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles. 
C)  The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings. 
D)  Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it. 
E)  The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid. 
A)  Because so many of them had become separatists, they had to leave England to save their church. 
B)  Charles I had started supporting them, creating conflicts with Catholic nobles. 
C)  The Church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings. 
D)  Puritan leader John Winthrop wanted a high-level position, and leaving England was the only way for him to get it. 
E)  The Poor Law of 1623 banned non-Catholics from receiving government aid.

Question 7

The English Civil War was a bloodless war that restored Catholicism to England.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What key political, social, and religious ideas and institutions defined the English nation around 1600?

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Question 9

Which of the following was a significant factor in the greater number of English settlers in the New World, compared to French or Spanish settlers?

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A)  Economic conditions were worse in England. 
B)  The English population was by far larger. 
C)  The English government forcibly deported all of its paupers and criminals. 
D)  The English government funded the passage of anyone willing to settle the New World. 
E)  The North American climate was identical to that of England. 
A)  Economic conditions were worse in England. 
B)  The English population was by far larger. 
C)  The English government forcibly deported all of its paupers and criminals. 
D)  The English government funded the passage of anyone willing to settle the New World. 
E)  The North American climate was identical to that of England.

Question 10

What was an important impetus for English empire building in North America?

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A)  England was determined to spread Catholicism to Native Americans. 
B)  The Protestant Reformation heightened England's sense of mission to spread Protestantism and liberate the Americas from Spanish "popery." 
C)  England wanted to create a trading relationship with Spain in the New World. 
D)  England's rival, Ireland, had already established a colony in North America. 
E)  England believed that, as a great empire, it had a duty to share its wealth and knowledge with Native Americans. 
A)  England was determined to spread Catholicism to Native Americans. 
B)  The Protestant Reformation heightened England's sense of mission to spread Protestantism and liberate the Americas from Spanish "popery." 
C)  England wanted to create a trading relationship with Spain in the New World. 
D)  England's rival, Ireland, had already established a colony in North America. 
E)  England believed that, as a great empire, it had a duty to share its wealth and knowledge with Native Americans.

Question 11

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the impact on Maryland of seventeenth-century England's Protestant-Catholic conflict?

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A)  The conflict had no effect on far-off Maryland. 
B)  To win the favor of Protestant kings, Maryland gave all authority to Protestants. 
C)  The English government temporarily repealed Calvert's ownership of Maryland and the colony's policies of religious toleration. 
D)  Maryland's Catholic leaders banned Protestant worship in 1671. 
E)  The conflict eventually led to the Puritan government of the 1640s taking refuge in Maryland. 
A)  The conflict had no effect on far-off Maryland. 
B)  To win the favor of Protestant kings, Maryland gave all authority to Protestants. 
C)  The English government temporarily repealed Calvert's ownership of Maryland and the colony's policies of religious toleration. 
D)  Maryland's Catholic leaders banned Protestant worship in 1671. 
E)  The conflict eventually led to the Puritan government of the 1640s taking refuge in Maryland.

Question 12

Which of the following was a consequence of the Uprising of 1622?

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A)  The Virginia Company sold half of its original land to the coastal Native Americans who had gradually gained supremacy. 
B)  The Crown sent hundreds of convicts to settle in Virginia to punish them for their demonstrations in England. 
C)  The Virginia Company banned the cultivation of tobacco because relations between white settlers and enslaved Africans were so fraught. 
D)  The Crown reinstated John Smith as governor to reward him for his role in quelling the uprising and restoring trade. 
E)  Virginia experienced a major shift in the power balance of the colony and, as a result, became the first royal colony. 
A)  The Virginia Company sold half of its original land to the coastal Native Americans who had gradually gained supremacy. 
B)  The Crown sent hundreds of convicts to settle in Virginia to punish them for their demonstrations in England. 
C)  The Virginia Company banned the cultivation of tobacco because relations between white settlers and enslaved Africans were so fraught. 
D)  The Crown reinstated John Smith as governor to reward him for his role in quelling the uprising and restoring trade. 
E)  Virginia experienced a major shift in the power balance of the colony and, as a result, became the first royal colony.

Question 13

Many degrees of freedom coexisted in seventeenth-century North America. Discuss the various definitions of freedom. Be sure to include slaves, indentured servants, women, Indians, property owners, and Puritans in your discussion. Identify any similarities and differences among these different versions of freedom.

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Question 14

What was one of the elements of "English liberty" that came to be embodied in English common law in the wake of the 1215 Magna Carta?

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A)  the right to speak out against the Crown 
B)  the right of all peoples to self-determination and freedom from colonial control 
C)  the right of habeas corpus 
D)  the right to pursue justice without waiting for permission from an authority figure 
E)  the right to pay a fee to avoid imprisonment 
A)  the right to speak out against the Crown 
B)  the right of all peoples to self-determination and freedom from colonial control 
C)  the right of habeas corpus 
D)  the right to pursue justice without waiting for permission from an authority figure 
E)  the right to pay a fee to avoid imprisonment

Question 15

Which of the following ideas was at the center of the religious doctrine of John Calvin?

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A)  The Catholic Church needed to stop its sale of indulgences. 
B)  The hierarchy of the congregation ran from the top down. 
C)  Conversion of Indians must be emphasized. 
D)  It was predetermined by God who was going to receive salvation. 
E)  Performing good works on a consistent basis was the only clear path to heaven. 
A)  The Catholic Church needed to stop its sale of indulgences. 
B)  The hierarchy of the congregation ran from the top down. 
C)  Conversion of Indians must be emphasized. 
D)  It was predetermined by God who was going to receive salvation. 
E)  Performing good works on a consistent basis was the only clear path to heaven.

Question 16

After the English Civil War, it was generally believed that freedom was the common heritage of all Englishmen.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

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A)  He felt the Catholic Church was treating other Catholic nations such as Spain and Portugal unfairly. 
B)  He wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, and the pope refused to grant it. 
C)  He recognized that England was at its peak as an international power and sought to take advantage. 
D)  He wanted to be pope, and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic. 
E)  He felt the Catholic Church was not opposing the Protestant Reformation harshly enough. 
A)  He felt the Catholic Church was treating other Catholic nations such as Spain and Portugal unfairly. 
B)  He wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, and the pope refused to grant it. 
C)  He recognized that England was at its peak as an international power and sought to take advantage. 
D)  He wanted to be pope, and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic. 
E)  He felt the Catholic Church was not opposing the Protestant Reformation harshly enough.

Question 18

What did Anne Hutchinson's critics accuse her of?

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A)  Antinomianism: she put her own judgement above human law and the teachings of the church. 
B)  Catholicism: she named the pope as the head of the church. 
C)  Judaism: she renounced Jesus Christ. 
D)  Fraud: she stole money from the offering trays. 
E)  Indecency: she wore revealing clothing. 
A)  Antinomianism: she put her own judgement above human law and the teachings of the church. 
B)  Catholicism: she named the pope as the head of the church. 
C)  Judaism: she renounced Jesus Christ. 
D)  Fraud: she stole money from the offering trays. 
E)  Indecency: she wore revealing clothing.

Question 19

As enclosure of land resulted in fewer farmers, many of these people moved to English cities, becoming jobless and causing vagrancy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Many settlers came to America from England because they felt it could provide expanded opportunities. What was the primary reason aristocrats decided to immigrate?

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A)  They wanted to earn money in the New World for a couple of years, and then move back to England. 
B)  They wanted to start new lives as adventurers. 
C)  They wanted to develop a more egalitarian society. 
D)  They wanted to give their servants a better life. 
E)  They wanted to re-create a vanished world of feudalism. 
A)  They wanted to earn money in the New World for a couple of years, and then move back to England. 
B)  They wanted to start new lives as adventurers. 
C)  They wanted to develop a more egalitarian society. 
D)  They wanted to give their servants a better life. 
E)  They wanted to re-create a vanished world of feudalism.

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

The minister Thomas Hooker

At the heart of the English Civil War was

Which North American area received the most English settlers in the seventeenth century?

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was

Which colony created the first elected assembly in colonial America?

Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?

The English Civil War was a bloodless war that restored Catholicism to England.

What key political, social, and religious ideas and institutions defined the English nation around 1600?

Which of the following was a significant factor in the greater number of English settlers in the New World, compared to French or Spanish settlers?

What was an important impetus for English empire building in North America?

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the impact on Maryland of seventeenth-century England's Protestant-Catholic conflict?

Which of the following was a consequence of the Uprising of 1622?

What was one of the elements of "English liberty" that came to be embodied in English common law in the wake of the 1215 Magna Carta?

Which of the following ideas was at the center of the religious doctrine of John Calvin?

After the English Civil War, it was generally believed that freedom was the common heritage of all Englishmen.

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

What did Anne Hutchinson's critics accuse her of?

As enclosure of land resulted in fewer farmers, many of these people moved to English cities, becoming jobless and causing vagrancy.

Many settlers came to America from England because they felt it could provide expanded opportunities. What was the primary reason aristocrats decided to immigrate?

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