HISTORY EXAM TEST 1
What did the English Puritans emphasize instead of the Church rituals
A personal relationship with God
King Philip's War (1676) left New England settlers with
An enduring hatred of Indians
How did Puritans view Quakers?
As dangerous to the Puritan faith and social order
James II was a zealous supporter of which religion?
Catholicism
What problem did the Halfway Covenant address?
Declining church membership
What was seventeenth-century New England's biggest export?
Fish
What did members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believe?
God spoke to each individual thought and "inner light."
How did Roger Williams gain notoriety in new England
He challenged the religious leadership of Massachusetts powerful men
How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation?
He made himself the head of the Church of England
How did Anne Hutchinson stir religious controversy in early Massachusetts?
Hutchinson preached that many of the colony's leaders affirmed the covenant of works.
The official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania
Instructed agents to respect the land claims of nearby tribes
Why was the charter of the massachusetts bay company unique?
It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony
Who argued that the Puritans should be "a city upon a hill" that would inspire the rest of the world?
John Winthrop
Why did Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?
New Englanders has been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive
The creation of New York led indirectly to the founding of
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
What major change occurred in New Netherland in 1664?
New Netherland became New York
New England Puritanism owed its religious roots to the
Protestant Reformation of the early 16th 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
Which statement characterizes 16th century English Puritanism?
Puritans wanted to ride the Church of England of many features of Catholicism
In 1688, the Glorious Revolution in England influenced American colonists to
Rise up against royal authority in northern colonies
The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that
The Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption
Which factor allowed New England's populating 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 New York?
The diversity of the population prevented them from imposing a uniform religion
Who left Massachusetts for Connecticut in 1636 after clashing with church leaders over the requirements for church membership?
Thomas Hooker
What was William Penn's goal for his new colony?
To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas
The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade in order to
Yield revenues for the crown and English merchants
Unlike most other immigrants in America's history, the migration to Puritan New england included
a great number of complete families
During most of the seventeenth century, New Netherland was
under control of the Dutch
Compared to the colonies to the north and south, the population of New Netherland was
diverse
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
