Question 1

The separation of church and state in Massachusetts during the seventeenth century:

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A)  was strictly enforced. 
B)  was similar to Virginia's colonial government. 
C)  is similar to the way the government is conducted in today's United States. 
D)  does not resemble today's U.S.society. 
E)  was influenced by the Dutch colonies. 
A)  was strictly enforced. 
B)  was similar to Virginia's colonial government. 
C)  is similar to the way the government is conducted in today's United States. 
D)  does not resemble today's U.S.society. 
E)  was influenced by the Dutch colonies.

Question 2

Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Elizabeth I

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I, also known as Elizabeth Tud

Question 4

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Pope had banned England from exploring the New World because the Church already had limited land ownership there to Spain and Portugal. 
B)  He wanted a divorce,and the Pope refused to grant it. 
C)  He was trying to unify Great Britain. 
D)  He wanted to be pope,and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic. 
E)  He thought the Catholic Church was corrupt,and he wanted to protect the English people from its abuses. 
A)  The Pope had banned England from exploring the New World because the Church already had limited land ownership there to Spain and Portugal. 
B)  He wanted a divorce,and the Pope refused to grant it. 
C)  He was trying to unify Great Britain. 
D)  He wanted to be pope,and the College of Cardinals refused to elect an English Catholic. 
E)  He thought the Catholic Church was corrupt,and he wanted to protect the English people from its abuses.

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Mayflower Compact

Accepted Answer

A) principles of religious toleration 
B) believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons 
C) gave five to seven years of service for passage to America 
D) first elected assembly in colonial America 
E) charter company that established Jamestown
F)first written frame of government in British America
G)a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great Migration
H)primary crop of the Chesapeake colonies
I)argued that the Church of England was still too Catholic
J)granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passage
K)a political movement favoring expanded liberties
L)written in 1215,this document was said to embody English freedom 
A) principles of religious toleration 
B) believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons 
C) gave five to seven years of service for passage to America 
D) first elected assembly in colonial America 
E) charter company that established Jamestown
F)first written frame of government in British America
G)a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great Migration
H)primary crop of the Chesapeake colonies
I)argued that the Church of England was still too Catholic
J)granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passage
K)a political movement favoring expanded liberties
L)written in 1215,this document was said to embody English freedom

Question 6

What benefited the Pilgrims when they landed at Plymouth?

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A)  They met a Native American,Opechancanough,who helped them. 
B)  It was the late spring,so it was planting season. 
C)  Native Americans,decimated by disease,had left behind cleared fields for farming. 
D)  The local Indian leader considered the English to be divine. 
E)  John Smith arrived to help organize them. 
A)  They met a Native American,Opechancanough,who helped them. 
B)  It was the late spring,so it was planting season. 
C)  Native Americans,decimated by disease,had left behind cleared fields for farming. 
D)  The local Indian leader considered the English to be divine. 
E)  John Smith arrived to help organize them.

Question 7

Compared to the Chesapeake colonies,New England had more economic equality because it had more:

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A)  cash crops. 
B)  timber. 
C)  landowners. 
D)  slaves. 
E)  religious toleration. 
A)  cash crops. 
B)  timber. 
C)  landowners. 
D)  slaves. 
E)  religious toleration.

Question 8

Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700,which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

For most New Englanders,Indians represented:

Accepted Answer

A)  savagery. 
B)  teachers. 
C)  curiosities. 
D)  culture. 
E)  survival. 
A)  savagery. 
B)  teachers. 
C)  curiosities. 
D)  culture. 
E)  survival.

Question 10

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

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A)  the Native Americans realized that England wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony,not just a trading post. 
B)  Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 
C)  the House of Burgesses passed a law ordering Native Americans out of the colony. 
D)  Powhatan led an attack against the English settlers in 1644. 
E)  Spain formed a military alliance with Powhatan. 
A)  the Native Americans realized that England wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony,not just a trading post. 
B)  Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 
C)  the House of Burgesses passed a law ordering Native Americans out of the colony. 
D)  Powhatan led an attack against the English settlers in 1644. 
E)  Spain formed a military alliance with Powhatan.

Question 11

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Pequots were forced to pay reparations for the damage they caused New England settlers. 
B)  the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans,leading to the elimination of both tribes. 
C)  the Pequots lost,but survived to become a valuable ally of the Puritans. 
D)  the brutishness and ferocity of the colonists surprised New England tribes. 
E)  the Pequots defeated the Puritans in a battle that temporarily drove the Massachusetts Bay settlers into Plymouth Colony. 
A)  the Pequots were forced to pay reparations for the damage they caused New England settlers. 
B)  the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans,leading to the elimination of both tribes. 
C)  the Pequots lost,but survived to become a valuable ally of the Puritans. 
D)  the brutishness and ferocity of the colonists surprised New England tribes. 
E)  the Pequots defeated the Puritans in a battle that temporarily drove the Massachusetts Bay settlers into Plymouth Colony.

Question 12

During the reign of ________,the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Mary I 
C)  James I 
D)  James II 
E)  Elizabeth I 
A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Mary I 
C)  James I 
D)  James II 
E)  Elizabeth I

Question 13

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

Accepted Answer

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 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Even Jewish people enjoyed religious freedom under Maryland's Act concerning Religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which English group did the most to reshape Native American society and culture in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Traders. 
B)  Religious missionaries. 
C)  Colonial authorities. 
D)  Settlers farming the land. 
E)  The Royal Geographical Society. 
A)  Traders. 
B)  Religious missionaries. 
C)  Colonial authorities. 
D)  Settlers farming the land. 
E)  The Royal Geographical Society.

Question 17

Compare the Chesapeake and New England colonies.Explore the various reasons for the colonists' emigrating to the New World,their economies,gender roles,demographics,religion,and relations with the Indians.How did land ownership compare from one region to the other? Which pattern of settlement is more representative of American development after the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare the Chesapeake and New England colonies.Explore...

Question 18

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:

Accepted Answer

A)  both started out as proprietary colonies. 
B)  tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. 
C)  John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. 
D)  both offered settlers total religious freedom. 
E)  the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament. 
A)  both started out as proprietary colonies. 
B)  tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. 
C)  John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. 
D)  both offered settlers total religious freedom. 
E)  the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament.

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Magna Carta

Accepted Answer

The Magna Carta was a historic document

Question 20

Treatment of the Indians by members of the Virginia colony was influenced in part by Las Casas's condemnation of Spanish behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The separation of church and state in Massachusetts during the seventeenth century:

Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Elizabeth I

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Mayflower Compact

What benefited the Pilgrims when they landed at Plymouth?

Compared to the Chesapeake colonies,New England had more economic equality because it had more:

Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700,which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

For most New Englanders,Indians represented:

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

During the reign of ________,the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

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

Even Jewish people enjoyed religious freedom under Maryland's Act concerning Religion.

Which English group did the most to reshape Native American society and culture in the seventeenth century?

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Magna Carta

Treatment of the Indians by members of the Virginia colony was influenced in part by Las Casas's condemnation of Spanish behavior.

A New World

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

The separation of church and state in Massachusetts during the seventeenth century:

Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Elizabeth I

Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Mayflower Compact

What benefited the Pilgrims when they landed at Plymouth?

Compared to the Chesapeake colonies,New England had more economic equality because it had more:

Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700,which area in the Western Hemisphere received the most settlers?

For most New Englanders,Indians represented:

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

The significance of the Pequot War of 1637 was that:

During the reign of ________,the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:

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

Even Jewish people enjoyed religious freedom under Maryland's Act concerning Religion.

Which English group did the most to reshape Native American society and culture in the seventeenth century?

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Magna Carta

Treatment of the Indians by members of the Virginia colony was influenced in part by Las Casas's condemnation of Spanish behavior.

A New World

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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