Ch 2 GML T/F
The Half-Way Covenant (1662) held that believers in the divine right of kings were good.
False
Seventeenth-century Maryland stood out for its system of absolute rule but also for its practice of religious toleration.
True
The first Thanksgiving celebrated the Pilgrims' survival and a successful harvest.
True
The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.
True
Harvard College was principally founded to educate young men into the ministry.
True
In Puritan New England, a husband's authority in his house was nearly absolute| genuine freedom for a woman was understood to come from her subjection to her husband's will and desires.
True
John Rolfe married Powhatan's daughter aka Pocahontas
True
Indentures usually bound indentured servants for periods of from five to seven years.
True
The "Rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.
True
Most migrants to seventeenth-century New England came out of the poorer reaches of English society
False
New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants.
False
Ordinary settlers in Puritan Massachusetts were called "gentlemen" and "ladies" or "master" and "mistress."
False
Slavery was never allowed in the devoutly Christian colony of Massachusetts.
False
In the 1600s, nearly two-thirds of English settlers came as indentured servants.
True
Most New England colonists sided with Parliament during the English Civil War
True
Most immigrants to America from England in the 1600s were poor, young, single men
True
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice
True
Under the headright system, anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants would immediately acquire a large estate
True
In 1585, the English attempted to establish Jamestown in North America.
False
In Puritan Massachusetts, "visible saint" was a term used to describe people of outstanding kindness and generosity.
False
In the 1600s in Massachusetts, full church membership was not required to vote in colony-wide elections.
False
Intermarriage between Indians and English settlers was common.
False
Because Puritan Massachusetts was deeply religious, ministers were frequently elected to colonial offices.
False
Early New Englanders established trade relations with local Indians, whereas early Virginians did not.
False
Anne Hutchinson offended colonial leaders and was banished from Massachusetts because she claimed God spoke directly to her
True
At the end of their period of indenture, indentured servants were often given "freedom dues" and became free members of society.
True
Colonial Massachusetts was organized into self-governing towns.
True
England's ongoing struggle to subdue Ireland delayed its entry into New World colonization
True
