Chapter 2 Facts

Question 0

What were the rules for owning Land in England?

Answer 0

Wealthy families own most of the land and only the first borne inherited it.

Question 1

What are the reasons why the English came to America?

Answer 1

They were fortune seekers, wanted the opportunity to own their own land, political freedom, religious freedom, and adventure,

Question 2

Why did English believers become frustrated with the Church of England?

Answer 2

The Church of England embraced aspects of the Reformation while continuing several Roman Catholic practices.

Question 3

What political document guaranteed certain basic rights to some Englishmen?

Answer 3

Magna Carta

Question 4

How did the English settler’s view of religious liberty differ from the modern view of religious liberty?

Answer 4

Most understood religious liberty as the freedom to structure their society so that every part of life experienced the renewal of the Protestant Reformation. The modern view of religious freedom is religious pluralism, the idea that all religious views should be treated as equal and no one should discriminate between biblical truth and error.

Question 5

True or False:Sir Walter Raleigh’s Roanoke expedition was the last individual effort by an Englishman to establish a colony.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Why did the Plymouth Company make no further attempts at colonizing?

Answer 6

The king dismantled the company in 1609

Question 7

Who ensured the survival of that settlement by enforcing a biblical principle, and what was that principle?

Answer 7

John Smith,he enforced the biblical principle of 2 Thessalonians 3:10, that everyone should earn his livelihood through diligent work.

Question 8

Who did Pocahontas marry and what came of their marriage?

Answer 8

She married John Rolfe, and their marriage temporary peace.

Question 9

How did Pocahontas die?

Answer 9

John Rolfe brought her England and she died of disease.

Question 10

Which Englishman tried to establish a colony on Roanoke Island?

Answer 10

Walter Raleigh

Question 11

What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

Answer 11

Jamestown

Question 12

Name and define the three categories of colonial government.

Answer 12

Charter Colony-a colony governed by trade
Royal Colony-controlled directly by the King
Proprietary Colony-the king appointed a proprietor or proprietors (ultimately responsible to the king) to govern a colony

Question 13

How did the trials and successes of Jamestown manifest the core values of freedom, individualism, equality, and growth? What contradictions to these values began to develop?

Answer 13

Freedom:The colony had its own representative government, people were free to determine their own fate in the New World, even indentured servants could gain their freedom. Individualism: The people were forced to be self reliant. I denatured servants could have their own land, but they had to work for it. Equality: Everyone was recruited to work hard and contribute to the success of the colony. Growth: As the colony succeeded the wealth of the people increased. Contradictions: These core values denied to the Africans were eventually became slaves in Virginia

Question 14

What was the difference between Puritans and Separatists?

Answer 14

Puritans,wanted to purify the state church from within by pushing for reforms that would rid England of Romanist influences and bring greater spiritual vitality to the nation.
Separatists,believed that each local congregation should be independent of all other churches and free to worship and serve God without interference.

Question 15

Why did the English Separatists leave the Netherlands?

Answer 15

In 1607, one congregation of Separatists from Scrooby, England migrated to Holland. After a decade in Holland, however, the Separatists noticed that the Dutch language and habits threatened to undo their efforts to preserve their own language and culture among their children.

Question 16

What name is given to the heresy, taught by Anne Hutchinson, that outward obedience to Scripture is unnecessary to show an inward relationship to God?

Answer 16

antinomianism

Question 17

Since the Puritans had come to the New World to worship as they saw fit, why did they not allow Roger Williams and Anne Hutchison the same freedom of worship?

Answer 17

Couldn’t find the answer. :/

Question 18

What nationality originally settled New York? Which nation eventually took control of it?

Answer 18

The Dutch originally owned it, but the English took control of it.

Question 19

Why did the patroon system fail?

Answer 19

There was way too much land available, and everyone wanted there own portion of land.

Question 20

In which three of the middle colonies were the Quakers influential in government?

Answer 20

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

Question 21

Which colony besides New York was founded by a nation other than England?

Answer 21

Delaware

Question 22

Why was Pennsylvania unable to maintain the Quaker ideals that William Penn envisioned for the colony?

Answer 22

They lost a lot of their biblical beliefs, and it cause division within the colony.

Question 23

Near the bank of what river was the first settlement in Maryland established?

Answer 23

Potomac River

Question 24

What were the main crops of northern and southern Carolina, respectively?

Answer 24

North Carolina-Tobacco

South Carolina-Rice

Question 25

What were the two purposes the British had in founding Georgia?

Answer 25

1. To establish a military buffer against Spanish Florida

2. To provide a colony where debtors and vagrants, who often languished in English jails, could become productive.

Question 26

Using the four core values of individualism, freedom, growth, and equality, briefly describe the emerging America revealed in this chapter.

Answer 26

The core values of individualism: Americans value self reliance, and self determination. That value and celebrate the accomplishments of individuals like John Smith, Bradford, and John Winthrop. They set prominent individuals forward as examples. Freedom: Americans value the opportunity of self government, and the liberty to worship or not worship as they please. Growth:Americans are willing to invest hard work, and endure difficulties to establish and expand their position in the world. Equality: Some Americans value providing people with equal opportunity to succeed, however with the advent of salary that reality fell short of the goal. From early colonization America has been on a slow and tortuous climb toward equality.