HIS 201 - Chapter 4 Quiz
By the 1680s, New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that
only 15 percent of adult males were church members in some towns.
In 1686, England created the Dominion of New England, a new government consolidation that
placed all colonies north of Maryland under more direct control by England.
Which characteristics were present in Puritan communities in the first half of the seventeenth century?
A high degree of religious conformity
Although King James I was antagonistic to Puritanism, he sponsored which innovation that contributed to the spread of their ideals?
An English translation of the Bible
How did the English monarchs James I and Charles I react to the ideas of Puritan reformers?
Both enforced conformity to the Church of England.
James II was a zealous supporter of which religion?
Catholicism
Why did Charles II make William Penn the proprietor of a new colony?
Charles II hoped to rid England of Quakers.
John Winthrop referred to Anne Hutchinson and her followers as antinomians, people who believed that
Christians could be saved by faith alone.
Which problem did the Halfway Covenant address?
Declining church membership
Which statement describes the message of King William's War, an attack by Great Lakes and Canadian French forces on villages in New England and New York, to American colonists?
English military protection from hostile neighbors was still valuable.
How did the Boston church punish Anne Hutchinson?
Excommunication
The goal of the Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay colony was to
reform the Church of England.
Members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believed that
God spoke to each individual through an "inner light."
How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation?
He made himself the head of the Church of England.
Which statement explains the diversity in the New Netherland colony?
Immigrants came from a variety of countries and had a variety of religious backgrounds.
Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique?
It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony.
Why was the town meeting significant in seventeenth-century New England?
Its democratic participation was unprecedented during the seventeenth century.
Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?
New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive.
Which major change occurred in New Netherland in 1664?
New Netherland became New York.
The majority of people who were accused of being witches were part of which demographic?
Older women
Who served as leaders of Quaker congregations?
Ordinary men and women
New England Puritanism owed its religious roots to the
Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century.
According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death?
Puritans could do nothing to alter God's ruling on their fate.
Why did Puritans keep churches out of the civil government of New England?
Puritans did not want to emulate the Church of England.
Which statement characterizes sixteenth-century English Puritanism?
Puritans wanted to rid the Church of England of many features of Catholicism.
The Pilgrims who migrated to Plymouth colony were part of which religious following?
Separatists
Seventeenth-century New England's most important export was
fish.
In 1688, the Glorious Revolution in England influenced American colonists to
rise up against royal authority in the northern colonies.
The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that
the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption.
Following the settlement at Plymouth, larger Puritan settlements in New England were sponsored by
the Massachusetts Bay Company.
After Massachusetts became a royal colony in 1691, the defining characteristic of Massachusetts citizenship became
wealth.
Which factor allowed New England's population to continue to grow steadily during the seventeenth century?
The cold weather minimized the spread of life-threatening illnesses.
Why did the English continue the Dutch policy of religious toleration in seventeenth-century New York?
The diversity of the population prevented them from imposing a uniform religion.
Which consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists?
They did not have to pay taxes to maintain a state-supported church.
By 1676, King Philip's War left New England settlers with
an enduring hatred of Indians.
According to Puritanism, dissent was a result of
mistaken beliefs.
By the end of the seventeenth century, colonial commerce was characterized by
strong ties to England because of royal supervision of merchants and shippers.
Most Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay colony were either farmers or
tradesmen.
