ch two: beginnings of english america

A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was:

- acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence. - escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England. - the profits to be made in trans-Atlantic commerce.

Which country was not a main rival of the British in the seventeenth century?

Germany

In the religious view of the Puritans, you would get to heaven if

God predestined you to heaven; no earthly act could change that.

Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?

It required citizens to attend church.

Which of the following was not a central theme of Puritan thought?

The quest for material prosperity is a sign of moral corruption.

Because Puritan Massachusetts was deeply religious, ministers were frequently elected to colonial offices.

false

Early New Englanders established trade relations with local Indians; early Virginians did not.

false

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

John Rolfe was the first Governor of Virginia.

false

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

The Half-Way Covenant (1662) held that believers in the divine right of kings were good.

false

The Half-Way Covenant applied to whom?

grandchildren of the English Great Migration

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

high rates of death and disease

Which of the following did not happen in the 1630s?

house of burgesses was established

The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?

indentured servants

The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was

land ownership.

The English "enclosure" movement of the 1500s and 1600s forced small farmers off "commons" land so that the land could be taken up by

sheep

In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was

the House of Burgesses in Virginia.

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that

the adult men would obey the "just and equal laws" made by their male representatives.

Which of the following was not a significant trend of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English society?

the elimination of gender hierarchies

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was

tobacco

Which of the following crops did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies?

tobacco

Anne Hutchinson offended colonial leaders and was banished from Massachusetts because she claimed God spoke directly to her.

true

Anne Hutchinson scandalized Massachusetts authorities both for her unorthodox religious ideas and for her "unwomanly" engagement in public issues.

true

At the end of their period of indenture, indentured servants were often given "freedom dues" and became a free member 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

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

In the 1600s, nearly two-thirds of English settlers came as indentured servants.

true

Indentures usually bound indentured servants for periods of five to seven years.

true

John Rolfe married Powhatan's daughter.

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

Seventeenth-century Maryland stood out for its system of absolute rule, but also for its practice of religious toleration.

true

The "rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.

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

Under the headright system, anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants would immediately acquire a large estate.

true

Which of the following colonies was established first?

virginia

In 1600s Virginia, a femme sole could do all of the following EXCEPT:

vote.

Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts

were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity.

Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?

Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.

The first permanent English settlement in the area now known as the United States was at

Jamestown, Virginia.

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant

Who was the most prominent Native American leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia?

Powhatan

Which of the following was not a significant outcome of the start of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation?

campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields

Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for

catholics

All Pilgrims were Puritans.

false