Chapter 2 Flashcards
In the 17th century, New England’s economy
Centered on family farms and also involved the export of fish and timber
Which one of the following is true of indentured servants?
Their masters could determine whether they could marry
The Diggers of Great Britain
Influenced the development of the American colonies, because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World
Which of the following is true of the Puritans of the 17th century?
They agreed that the Church of England retained too many elements of Catholicism in its rituals and doctrines
Most 17th century migrants to North America from England
Were lower-class men
The Puritan minister Thomas Hooker
Founded what became part of the colony of Connecticut
Maryland was similar to Virginia in that?
Tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society
Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?
Because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic
Which of the following is true of the Puritans’ dealings with Quakers?
Their officials in Massachusetts punished Quakers financially and physically, even hanging several of them
In 1607, the colonists who sailed to Jamestown on three small ships
Chose an inland site partly to avoid the possibility of attack by Spanish warships
John Winthrop followed which one of the following policies toward Native Americans
He insisted that they agree to submit to English authority
In Puritan marriages
Reciprocal affection and companionship were the ideal
The Massachusetts General Court
Reflected the Puritans’ desire to govern the colony without outside interference
A consequence of the English Civil War of the 1640s was?
An English belief that England was the world’s guardian of liberty
Which one of the following is true of poverty in 17th century Great Britain?
About half of the population lived at or below the poverty line by the end of the 17th century
Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high?
It lay beside a malarial swamp
Which of the following best describes how the English viewed Native American ties to the land?
Although they felt the natives had no claim since they did not cultivate or improve the land, the English usually bought their land, albeit through treaties they forced on Indians
Anne Hutchinson
Opposed Puritan ministers who distinguished saints from the damned through church attendance and moral behavior rather than through focusing on an inner state of grace
Which English group did the most to reshape Native American society and culture in the 17th century?
Settlers farming the land
How did most Puritans view the separation of church and state?
They allowed church and state to be interconnected by requiring each town to establish a church and levy a tax to support the minister
When the Virginia Company gave control of the Virginia colony to the kind in 1624
Virginia became the first royal colony
Which one of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England, who reigned from 1553 to 1558?
She temporarily restored Catholicism as the state religion of England
Which colony adopted the Act Concerning Religion in 1649, which institutionalized the principle of religious toleration?
Maryland
As leader of the Jamestown Colony, John Smith
Used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together
In the early 17th century Massachusetts, freeman status was granted to adult males who?
Were landowning church members
Of the half million people who left England between 1607 and 1700
More went to the West indies than to North America
Why did the Pilgrims flee the Netherlands?
They felt that the surrounding culture was corrupting their children
Tobacco production in Virginia
Enriched an emerging class of planters and certain members of the colonial government
Puritan women
Were said to achieve freedom by embracing subjection to their husbands authority
Why did Puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?
The Church of England was firing their minister and censoring their writings
Puritans viewed individual and personal freedom as?
Dangerous to social harmony and community stability
Maryland’s founder, Cecilius Calvert
Wanted Maryland to be like a feudal domain, with power limited for ordinary people
To entice settlers to Virginia, the Virginia Company established the headright system, which?
Provided land to settlers who paid their own and others passage
In what way was Puritan church membership a restrictive status?
Full membership required demonstrating that one had experienced divine grace
Which one of the following is an accurate statement about the class-based society of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The General Court banned ordinary people from wearing the garb of gentlemen
In regard to religion
Native Americans showed indifference to European religious conflict
