Question 1

When Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island:

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A)  he required voters there to be members of a Puritan church. 
B)  the king refused to give it a charter,and it remained a renegade colony until Williams died. 
C)  he made sure that it was more democratic than Massachusetts Bay. 
D)  he felt that too much democracy would be bad because it might interfere with religious freedom. 
E)  the colony became a haven for Protestants of all kinds,but it banned Jews. 
A)  he required voters there to be members of a Puritan church. 
B)  the king refused to give it a charter,and it remained a renegade colony until Williams died. 
C)  he made sure that it was more democratic than Massachusetts Bay. 
D)  he felt that too much democracy would be bad because it might interfere with religious freedom. 
E)  the colony became a haven for Protestants of all kinds,but it banned Jews.

Question 2

Both religious freedom and the separation of church and state are taken for granted today.In seventeenth-century colonial America,freedom and religion did not necessarily go hand in hand,for many believed that the church ought to influence the state.Describe the varying degrees of religious freedom practiced in the colonies as well as differing attitudes about the relationship between church and state.Be sure to consider the following colonies,at least: Massachusetts Bay,Rhode Island,and Maryland.

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The answer of Both religious freedom and the separation of...

Question 3

Religious dissension in England during the first half of the seventeenth century resulted in:

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A)  a civil war. 
B)  war with Spain. 
C)  the pope visiting the monarchy in London. 
D)  England not focusing on the monarchy. 
E)  Henry VIII restoring Catholicism. 
A)  a civil war. 
B)  war with Spain. 
C)  the pope visiting the monarchy in London. 
D)  England not focusing on the monarchy. 
E)  Henry VIII restoring Catholicism.

Question 4

The romance between Pocahontas and John Smith led to their marrying in England,where she then died.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Diggers of Great Britain:

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A)  proposed building a tunnel to Rome to surprise and overpower the Catholic Church,thereby eliminating a source of controversy in English society. 
B)  sought to eliminate male ownership of land as a means of promoting social equality for women. 
C)  influenced the development of the American colonies,because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World. 
D)  executed King James I. 
E)  overthrew parliamentary forces in 1642. 
A)  proposed building a tunnel to Rome to surprise and overpower the Catholic Church,thereby eliminating a source of controversy in English society. 
B)  sought to eliminate male ownership of land as a means of promoting social equality for women. 
C)  influenced the development of the American colonies,because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World. 
D)  executed King James I. 
E)  overthrew parliamentary forces in 1642.

Question 6

When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

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A)  only Spain was interested in finding gold. 
B)  England used Native Americans more for labor. 
C)  England sent more people to the Americas in the seventeenth century. 
D)  Spain relied much more on indentured servant labor. 
E)  only England was interested in converting the Native Americans. 
A)  only Spain was interested in finding gold. 
B)  England used Native Americans more for labor. 
C)  England sent more people to the Americas in the seventeenth century. 
D)  Spain relied much more on indentured servant labor. 
E)  only England was interested in converting the Native Americans.

Question 7

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Richard Hakluyt

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A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown 
A) proprietor of Maryland 
B) wife of John Rolfe 
C) Pilgrim leader 
D) leader of Indians near Jamestown 
E) governor of Massachusetts
F)his settlement at Roanoke Island failed
G)was denounced for Antinomianism
H)Indian who helped the Pilgrims
I)French-born theologian who influenced the Puritans
J)established Rhode Island
K)A Discourse concerning Western Planting
L)early leader of Jamestown

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-civil versus natural liberty

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Civil versus natural liberty refers to t

Question 9

In early seventeenth-century Massachusetts,freeman status was granted to adult males who:

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A)  owned land,regardless of their church membership. 
B)  had served their term as indentured servants. 
C)  were freed slaves. 
D)  were landowning church members. 
E)  voted. 
A)  owned land,regardless of their church membership. 
B)  had served their term as indentured servants. 
C)  were freed slaves. 
D)  were landowning church members. 
E)  voted.

Question 10

Anne Hutchinson's trial demonstrated that:

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A)  she wanted to be a church elder. 
B)  God spoke directly to the church elders. 
C)  she wanted to give the Native Americans land. 
D)  she wanted to lead a group of settlers to Connecticut. 
E)  church elders lacked tolerance. 
A)  she wanted to be a church elder. 
B)  God spoke directly to the church elders. 
C)  she wanted to give the Native Americans land. 
D)  she wanted to lead a group of settlers to Connecticut. 
E)  church elders lacked tolerance.

Question 11

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 amount of men who could vote in Connecticut. 
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 amount of men who could vote in Connecticut.

Question 12

Which colony adopted the Act concerning Religion in 1649,which institutionalized the principle of religious toleration?

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A)  Virginia. 
B)  Maryland. 
C)  Massachusetts. 
D)  Rhode Island. 
E)  Connecticut. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  Maryland. 
C)  Massachusetts. 
D)  Rhode Island. 
E)  Connecticut.

Question 13

The Levellers:

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A)  got their name for knocking down (leveling)the Parliament building. 
B)  called for the strengthening of freedom and democracy at a time when those principles were seen as possibly contributing to anarchy. 
C)  opposed a written constitution on the grounds that it institutionalized social inequality. 
D)  proposed to abolish Parliament. 
E)  claimed the world was flat or level. 
A)  got their name for knocking down (leveling)the Parliament building. 
B)  called for the strengthening of freedom and democracy at a time when those principles were seen as possibly contributing to anarchy. 
C)  opposed a written constitution on the grounds that it institutionalized social inequality. 
D)  proposed to abolish Parliament. 
E)  claimed the world was flat or level.

Question 14

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

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The answer of What key political,social,and religious ideas and institutions...

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-indentured servant

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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 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Quakers

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 17

The Magna Carta:

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A)  was an agreement between King Henry VIII and the Anglican Church. 
B)  guaranteed religious freedom in Great Britain. 
C)  granted many liberties,but mainly to lords and barons. 
D)  was seen as embodying English freedom until Parliament repealed it in 1722. 
E)  was,like the English Constitution,unwritten. 
A)  was an agreement between King Henry VIII and the Anglican Church. 
B)  guaranteed religious freedom in Great Britain. 
C)  granted many liberties,but mainly to lords and barons. 
D)  was seen as embodying English freedom until Parliament repealed it in 1722. 
E)  was,like the English Constitution,unwritten.

Question 18

What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

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A)  He saw two kinds of liberty: natural liberty,the ability to do evil,and moral liberty,the ability to do good. 
B)  He saw two kinds of liberty: negative liberty,the restricting of freedoms for the sake of others,and positive liberty,the assuring of rights through a constitution. 
C)  He believed that individual rights took precedence over the rights of the community. 
D)  He believed in a dictatorship,with only himself in charge of it. 
E)  He believed "liberty" had a religious but not a political meaning. 
A)  He saw two kinds of liberty: natural liberty,the ability to do evil,and moral liberty,the ability to do good. 
B)  He saw two kinds of liberty: negative liberty,the restricting of freedoms for the sake of others,and positive liberty,the assuring of rights through a constitution. 
C)  He believed that individual rights took precedence over the rights of the community. 
D)  He believed in a dictatorship,with only himself in charge of it. 
E)  He believed "liberty" had a religious but not a political meaning.

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-headright system

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 20

Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church,while Spain was devoutly Catholic. 
B)  Because of the Spanish Armada's successful invasion of Great Britain in 1588. 
C)  Because Spain had allied with France to invade English colonies in the New World. 
D)  Because one of Henry VIII's beheaded wives was a Spanish princess,and the Spanish government announced it would be at war with England until Henry apologized. 
E)  Because both the English and Spanish royal families laid claim to the Irish throne. 
A)  Because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church,while Spain was devoutly Catholic. 
B)  Because of the Spanish Armada's successful invasion of Great Britain in 1588. 
C)  Because Spain had allied with France to invade English colonies in the New World. 
D)  Because one of Henry VIII's beheaded wives was a Spanish princess,and the Spanish government announced it would be at war with England until Henry apologized. 
E)  Because both the English and Spanish royal families laid claim to the Irish throne.

When Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island:

Religious dissension in England during the first half of the seventeenth century resulted in:

The romance between Pocahontas and John Smith led to their marrying in England,where she then died.

The Diggers of Great Britain:

When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Richard Hakluyt

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -civil versus natural liberty

In early seventeenth-century Massachusetts,freeman status was granted to adult males who:

Anne Hutchinson's trial demonstrated that:

The minister Thomas Hooker:

Which colony adopted the Act concerning Religion in 1649,which institutionalized the principle of religious toleration?

The Levellers:

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -indentured servant

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Quakers

The Magna Carta:

What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -headright system

Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?

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

When Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island:

Religious dissension in England during the first half of the seventeenth century resulted in:

The romance between Pocahontas and John Smith led to their marrying in England,where she then died.

The Diggers of Great Britain:

When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Richard Hakluyt

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -civil versus natural liberty

In early seventeenth-century Massachusetts,freeman status was granted to adult males who:

Anne Hutchinson's trial demonstrated that:

The minister Thomas Hooker:

Which colony adopted the Act concerning Religion in 1649,which institutionalized the principle of religious toleration?

The Levellers:

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -indentured servant

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Quakers

The Magna Carta:

What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -headright system

Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?

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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