Quiz 3 Chapter 1-3

What did the first English arrivals seek to secure on their arrival in Plymouth?

A community of religious purity.

Which of the following contributed to an environment that allowed slavery to take root in the English colonies?

A weak colonial government.

One of the primary benefits to England of the New England colonies was

Access to timber for ship construction.

New England towns were usually governed by

Adult male property owners at a town meeting.

What was a notable characteristic of Jamestown during its first decade?

An appallingly high mortality rate.

Under the theory of mercantilism, one nation's gain was

Another nation's loss.

How did Puritans understand religious dissent?

As a replay of original sin.

Which of the following about English immigrants to Virginia in the seventeenth century is true?

As many as 90 percent of the migrants to the Chesapeake during that time period came as servants.

To increase the number of workers in Virginia, company officials

Awarded 50 acres of land to those who came or brought another person to Virginia.

The Swiss Protestant Reformer John Calvin

Believed God ordained who would be saved even before they were born.

The New England colonies benefited from

Better relations with Indians than Chesapeake colonists

Anne Hutchinson was forced out of Massachusetts for

Criticism of its clergy and the Puritan doctrine of "preparation."

The Five Nations or Great League of Peace

Curtailed the mourning wars among Iroquois in upper New York.

The Pequot War was the result of all of the following except. A. The unregulated and aggressive expansion onto Pequot land by Puritan settlers. B. Conflicts among Native Americans about who would trade with the Europeans. C. Conflicts between Europeans about who would govern the Connecticut River valley. D. The Narragansetts who first promised aid to the Pequots but were paid by the Puritans to remain neutral in the war.

D. The Narragansetts who first promised aid to the Pequots but were paid by the Puritans to remain neutral in the war.

While the Spanish were occupied expelling Muslims, Portugal was

Developing ship technology that enabled her sailors to explore the coast of Africa.

Puritans wanted to

Eliminate aspects of Roman Catholicism from the Church of England.

The Third Anglo-Powhatan War resulted in the

First Indian reservation in America.

The Virginia Company was the

First successful English colony in North America.

Those known as Separatists

Gave up on reforming the Church of England.

Native populations declined because of all of the following reasons except A.Malnutrition. B.Declining birth rate. C.Increased life spans. D.Disruption of normal Native traditions.

Increased lifespans

English men and women from the lowest ranks of society who agreed to work in exchange for passage money to the colonies were known as

Indentured servants

To address the colony's labor problem, Virginia governor John Rolfe

Introduced the first public works projects in American history.

Although settled two decades later, New England was able to keep pace with the Chesapeake colonies because

Its people lived in a healthier region.

_________ was a Roanoke Indian who appeared to convert to Christianity but eventually returned to the Indian culture and opposed British colonists.

Manteo

Powhatan, leader of the Powhatan Algonquians in Virginia, expanded his power over other groups of Indians by

Marrying women in different tribes.

Why were religious dissenters so frequently persecuted in late-sixteenth-century and early-seventeenth-century European nations like England?

Religion was a state matter.

Roger Williams advocated

Separation of church and state.

The French population in North America

Showed a significant increase between 1650 and 1714.

The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower were

Supposed to go to the Chesapeake area to help develop Virginia.

Squanto, a Patuxet Indian,

Taught Pilgrims how to grow corn.

Roger Williams, one of the founders of Rhode Island, believed

That the king had no right to grant land owned by Indians.

Despite their motivation to get rid of the Spanish, Native Americans lost the battles to the Spanish because

The Aztecs and others could not compete against advanced European technology.

Primary factors dictating how quickly English colonists adopted African slavery included

The need for plantation laborers and availability of slaves at a good price.

Why did Henry VIII make Protestantism the official religion of England?

The pope would not dissolve his sonless marriage with Catherine of Aragon.

What happened to the surviving members of the Pequot tribe at the end of the Pequot War in 1638?

They were sold into slavery in the colony of Providence Island.

By an Act of Toleration, settlement in Maryland was open to

Those who believed in Jesus Christ

Why did King James I grant charters to investors in Plymouth and London in 1606 to establish colonies in North America?

To provide income for merchants since peace with Spain had curtailed raids against that nation's ships.

Most colonists in Virginia who did not survive were

Victims of malnutrition and disease.

The Spanish soldiers who fought in the reconquista

Were influenced in part by their Christian faith and promises of wealth and glory.