History quiz 2

According to your textbook, this minister is considered to be the "foremost evangelical of the Great Awakening" who electrified colonial listeners with his brilliant oratory.

George Whitefield

According to the video English Settlement, which of the following is true about John Winthrop?

He is the founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony who delivered a sermon entitled "Model of Christian Charity" where he outline the vision of Massachusetts, including a demand that the colonists become a "tightly knit" community to avoid the pitfalls that had taken place in Virginia

Which of the following ideas is NOT considered to be a part of the Enlightenment per the textbook?

Industrialism and the demand that economic activity must focus on factories and technology in order for a nation's economy to thrive

What is meant by the term "A City upon a Hill"?

It emphasized the religious orientation of Massachusetts Bay by creating a model of reformed Protestantism

Which of the following is NOT true about the Anglo-Powhatan Wars?

Pocahontas became a famous war chief for the Powhatan and forced the English to sign a treaty in the First Anglo-Powhatan War that recognized Powhatan rights to the James River and other waterways in Virginia

According to the website "The Salem Witchcraft Trials," who was Tituba and why is she significant?

The Indian slave of the town minister whose confession and accusations encouraged the local ministers to move forward with their witch hunting

What is true about the Quakers in Pennsylvania?

They were pacifists who with the leadership of William Penn tried to establish friendly relationships with local native peoples and insisted on buying Indian land for a fair price instead of taking it by force.

According to the segment "A Visual Footnote" in the video English Settlement, the painting of Elizabeth Freake represents the proper role of a middle-class Puritan woman and displays Puritan prosperity through her clothing and furniture.

True

According to the textbook, European colonization's single greatest impact on the North American environment was the introduction of disease. Because native inhabitants had no immunity to many microbes, the death rate was extremely high among many indigenous groups and in some cases caused the death of 50% to 75% of the population.

True

According to the textbook, the French and Indian War is considered to be a decisive war because it created a large debt in Great Britain. This resulted in attempts by Great Britain in the 1760s and 1770s to diminish this debt through imperial reforms causing significant strain within the empire.

True

Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan woman who challenged the authority of male ministers by claiming direct religious revelation and thus negating the traditional role of ministers. As a result, she was charged with false beliefs by Puritan authorities and eventually excommunicated and banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony.

True

The Chesapeake Bay colonies differed significantly from the New England colonies because Virginia and Maryland (the Chesapeake colonies) were created with a goal to achieve wealth through commerce (primarily growing tobacco), whereas the New England colonies were motivated primarily by religious concerns that included building towns and focusing on the church.

True

Oglethorpe's vision for Georgia included

seeing it as a place for England's "worthy poor" to start anew by giving each male immigrant fifty acres of land, tools, and a year's worth of supplies

Economic stability in Virginia only came with

the cultivation of tobacco

The Stono Rebellion resulted in

the passage of increasingly restrictive laws placing limits on slaves' behavior including preventing them from assembling, growing their own food, learning to write, and traveling freely.

Slave Labor in the Chesapeake region increasingly supplanted servitude during the last two decades of the 17th century, in part because

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What is true about the Great Awakening?

All of the above are correct answers about the Great Awakening

What is true about the Yamasee War?

All of the above are corrects answers about the Yamasee War

What is true about the Navigation Acts?

All of the above are true answers about the Navigation Acts

According to the website "The Salem Witchcraft Trials," the Salem trials ended because King William issued a royal proclamation ending the trials and accusing the judges of prosecuting only those who were practicing Anglicans

False

King Philip's War was a major conflict in the colony of Virginia that began in 1622 and is significant because it was the first time in the South that the two main Indian nations in the Carolinas (Cherokee, Creek) united together in an effort to throw out the English in the southern colonies.

False

Metacom's War (1675-1676) left New England's Indians more powerful ad threatening than ever.

False

The Toleration Act is significant because it was passed by Benjamin Franklin and other Deists and became the first act in the American colonies (in particular, New York) to grant full religious and political freedom to Catholics

False

Which of the following is NOT true of Georgia?

it succeeded in keeping out slavery

During the period of salutary neglect

meant a lack of strict enforcement of the Navigation Acts

Indentured Servants

received paid passage to America, food, clothing and lodging