American History Ch. 2 Quiz (T/F)

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

False

15. Intermarriage between Indians and English settlers was common.

False

18. In the 1600s in Massachusetts, full church membership was not required to vote in colony-wide elections.

False

19. Ordinary settlers in Puritan Massachusetts were called "gentlemen" and "ladies" or "master" and "mistress."

False

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

False

21. Slavery was never allowed in the devoutly Christian colony of Massachusetts.

False

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

False

26. In 1585, the English attempted to establish Jamestown in North America.

False

28. John Rolfe was the first governor of Virginia.

False

4. In Puritan Massachusetts, "visible saint" was a term used to describe people of outstanding kindness and generosity.

False

7. New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants.

False

8. Most migrants to seventeenth-century New England came out of the poorer reaches of English society.

False

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

True

11. Because Jamestown was settled next to a malarial swamp, many settlers died.

True

12. 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

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

True

14. Harvard College was principally founded to educate young men into the ministry.

True

16. The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.

True

17. Colonial Massachusetts was organized into self-governing towns.

True

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

True

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

True

24. The Pilgrims were Puritans.

True

25. The first Thanksgiving celebrated the Pilgrims' survival and a successful harvest.

True

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

True

29. John Rolfe married Powhatan's daughter.

True

3. England's ongoing struggle to subdue Ireland delayed its entry into New World colonization.

True

30. Under the Headright System, anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants would immediately acquire a large estate.

True

32. Most New England colonists sided with Parliament during the English Civil War.

True

5. Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.

True

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

True

9. Most immigrants to America from England in the 1600s were poor, young, single men.

True