Give Me Liberty! Ch 2 & 3

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

False

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 First permanent Enlisg settlement in the area now known as the United States was at:

Jamestown, Virginia

Who was the English-speaking American Indian the Pilgrims encountered at Plymouth Bay in 1620?

Squanto

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

True

All Pilgrims were Puritans.

False

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

Powhatan

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

Tobacco

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

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

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

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

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

True

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

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

In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was:

a. The House of Burgesses in Virinia b. The Massachusetts General Court c. The State house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. d. The Delaware State House in Christiana. a

The first Thanksgiving celebrated the Pilgrim's survival and a successful harvest.

a. True b. False a

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

a. a large-scale displacement of rural people from the land b. a dramatic increase in population c. the elimination of gender hierarchies d. enlarged public debate over the meaning of freedom c

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

a. a surge of revenue to the English crown b. the emergence of a landed gentry, which enjoyed great social and political influence c. a rush of newcomers from England, in pursuit of land and labor d. campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields d

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

a. acquire land. b. manage her own plantation. c. vote. d. act as a lawyer in court. c

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

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

True

Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for:

Catholics

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

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was:

Tobacco

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

True

Anne Hutchinson scandalized Massachusetts's 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 free members of society.

True

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

True

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

a. Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves. b. Unlike slaves, indentured servants were held in bondage only for a limited period of time. c. Like slaves, indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their masters. d. Although servants could anticipate some kind of "freedom dues" (often a piece of land) upon completion of their indenture, many died before their terms expired. a

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

a. It was a refuge for religious nonconformists. b. It had no established church. c. It had no religious qualification for voting in the 1600s. d. It required citizens to attend church. d

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

a. Pequot War b. Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts c. The House of Burgesses was established d. Anne Hutchinson's trial c

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

a. The Church of England is overly steeped in ritual and dogma. b. The quest for material prosperity is a sign of moral corruption. c. People enter this world either "elect" or "damned"; how they live their lives has no effect on their prospects for salvation. d. True "freedom" means following God's will, not one's own natural impulses. b

John Rolfe married Powhatan's Daughter. It's Pocahontas

a. True b. False a

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that:

a. just and equal laws made by male representatives onboard were to rule. b. an agreement existed between Indians and settlers that they would peacefully co-exist. c. a clear statement had been made affirming the religious unity of those joining into the compact. d. the price for tobacco was set by agreement between the colonial wealthy elite and the king. a

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

a. religious freedom b. land ownership c. slave ownership d. indentured servitude b

Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts:

a. were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity. b. were tolerant of other Christian faiths and denominations. c. were tolerant of Quakers and Catholics, but intolerant of Jews and atheists. d. frequently established their cities upon hills to protect against Indian attack. a

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

a. you combined good deeds (works) in this world with faith in Jesus. b. you loved your neighbor and demonstrated that love by giving alms or charity. c. God predestined you to heaven or hell; no earthly act could change that. d. you followed the Pope's word as explained at Sunday Mass. c

The Half-Way Covenant applied to whom?

grandchildren of the English Great Migration

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

Colonial Massachusetts was organized into self-governing towns.

True

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

True

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

a. acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence. b. escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England. d. the profits to be made in transatlantic commerce. d. all of the above. d

A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe:

a. an angel descended from heaven. b. a beatified Catholic. c. a person who had experienced divine grace, often during a lightning storm. d. a scar or tattoo, usually on the forearm of the deceased. c

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

a. founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony; founding of Plymouth Colony; founding of Jamestown Colony b. Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant c. English Civil War; Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church; Walter Raleigh's Roanoke colony venture d. introduction of headright system in Virginia; enactment of religious toleration in Maryland; introduction of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation B

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were:

a. high rates of death and disease. b. overconsumption of hearty English foods. c. constant attacks by French and Spanish pirates. d. all of the above. a

Which of the following was not a characteristic of early New England society?

a. intolerance of individual deviations from prevailing values b. highly patriarchal family life c. extensive autonomy and self-government in local affairs d. equality of the sexes in church affairs, but not in government affairs d