Question 1

The Massachusetts General Court:

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A)  reflected the Puritans' desire to govern the colony without outside interference. 
B)  was chosen by the king. 
C)  was chosen by the governor. 
D)  ruled the colony from its beginnings in 1630. 
E)  by law had to consist of a majority of Puritan judges. 
A)  reflected the Puritans' desire to govern the colony without outside interference. 
B)  was chosen by the king. 
C)  was chosen by the governor. 
D)  ruled the colony from its beginnings in 1630. 
E)  by law had to consist of a majority of Puritan judges.

Question 2

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

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 4

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

Accepted Answer

A)  It instituted the headright system,giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage. 
B)  It fired John Smith and brought in a more popular leader. 
C)  It gave control back to the king,who straightened out its problems. 
D)  It required all settlers to grow tobacco,a highly profitable crop. 
E)  It created an executive committee that really ran the colony and a committee of colonists who thought they were running it. 
A)  It instituted the headright system,giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage. 
B)  It fired John Smith and brought in a more popular leader. 
C)  It gave control back to the king,who straightened out its problems. 
D)  It required all settlers to grow tobacco,a highly profitable crop. 
E)  It created an executive committee that really ran the colony and a committee of colonists who thought they were running it.

Question 5

The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 addressed:

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A)  separation of church and state. 
B)  freedom of religion. 
C)  Native American relations. 
D)  generational conflicts. 
E)  business relations. 
A)  separation of church and state. 
B)  freedom of religion. 
C)  Native American relations. 
D)  generational conflicts. 
E)  business relations.

Question 8

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

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A)  new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church. 
B)  groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges. 
C)  writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,because it caused too much controversy. 
D)  the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment. 
E)  thousands of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War. 
A)  new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church. 
B)  groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges. 
C)  writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,because it caused too much controversy. 
D)  the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment. 
E)  thousands of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War.

Question 9

A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

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The answer of How had the concept of English freedom...

The Massachusetts General Court:

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

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

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 addressed:

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

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 Massachusetts General Court:

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

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

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 addressed:

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

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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