The Northern Colonies in the 17th Century

In 1688, the Glorious Revolution in England influenced American colonists to a) rise up against royal authority in the northern colonies b) organize military groups to help overthrow William of Orange c) show their support for the religious convictions of King James II d) pledge new support for the Dominion of New England

a

John Winthrop referred to Anne Hutchinson and her followers as antinomians, people who believed that a) Christians could be saved by faith alone b) God did not exist c) local religious leaders best understood God'd law d) the covenant of works was more important than the covenant of grace

a

New England Puritanism owed its religious roots to the a) Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century b) schism between the Roman and Byzantine churches c) new Catholic doctrines of the 15th century d) religious scriptures of the Mayflower Compact

a

What did King William's War, an attack by Great Lakes and Canadian French forces on villages in New England and New York, demonstrate to American colonists? a) English military protection from hostile neighbors was still valuable b) The French were not committed to their New World possessions c) American colonists could hold their own in military matters d) They needed to populate the western territory to drive out the French

a

What happed to Puritans in England during the mid 17th century? a) They ruled the nation from 1649 to 1660 b) They planned an attack on continental Europe c) They disappeared as a religious group d) They adopted some elements of Catholicism

a

Which statement characterizes 16th century English Puritanism? a) Puritans wanted to rid the Church of England of many features of Catholicism b) Followers sought to restore Catholicism as the national religion of England c) Followers called for increased influence of the clergy in the lives of parishioners d) It was a well-organized, centrally administered religious reform movement

a

According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death? a) Salvation was guaranteed through God's love for humankind b) Puritans could do nothing to alter God's ruling on their fate c) Puritans who prayed daily and worked hard were eligible for salvation d) Wealth, success, and good health led to salvation

b

After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans, Roger Williams believed that a) English settlers had a legal right to take Indian-held land b) English colonies should respect the Indians' culture c) Indian religion was evil and blasphemous d) all Indians should be converted to the Puritan faith

b

How did the English monarchs James I and Charles I react to the ideas of Puritan reformers? a) Both embraced strict Catholicism b) Both enforced conformity to the Church of England c) Both struggled to implement Protestant reforms d) Both worked with Parliament to ease religious tensions

b

The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade in order to a) tax the exports of New England and he middle colonies b) yield revenues for the crown and English merchants c) line the pockets of those sitting in the House of Lords d) ensure that all nations had equal access to American goods

b

What characterized colonial commerce by the end of the 17th century? a) Stagnation due to strict importation policies imposed by the crown b) Strong ties to England because of royal supervision of merchants and shippers c) A status of equality with England due to cooperation on trade matters d) An increasing independence from its former ties with the British Empire

b

What problem did the Halfway Covenant address? a) A labor glut b) Declining church membership c) Women's political status d) Economic stagnation

b

What was William Penn's goal for his new colony a) To oust the Indians from the area that became Pennsylvania b) To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas c) To create a colony that banned all religious practices d) To drive devout Quakers from the English colonies

b

Which factor allowed New England's population continue to grow steadily during the seventeenth century? a) A new source of immigrants from continental Europe b) The cold weather minimized the spread of life-threatening illnesses c) The continuing flood of immigrants from England d) An influx of settlers from colonies farther south

b

Which factor contributed to Charles II's making William Penn the proprietor of a new colony? a) Charles II wanted to keep Penn quiet about political corruption b) Charles II hoped to rid England of Quakers c) Charles II wanted to spread the system of Quaker beliefs d) Charles II wanted to prove his religious tolerance

b

Who served as leaders of Quaker congregations? a) visible saints b) ordinary men and women c) elite men d) trained preachers

b

Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675? a) The Indians were tired of the Puritans violently trying to convert them to Christianity b) New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive c) A new Wampanoag spiritual leader commanded the Indians o drive the whites from their homeland d) A longstanding feud over the kidnapping of a Puritan woman finally erupted into warfare

b

During most of the 17th century, New Netherland was a) an English colony based on tobacco farming b) the fastest-growing colony in the New World c) under the control of the Dutch d) centered around present-day Philadelphia

c

How did Puritans view Quakers? a) As welcome members of New England communities b) As valuable trading partners in their communities c) As dangerous to the Puritan faith and social order d) As wrongly persecuted fellow Christians

c

How did the Boston church punish Anne Hutchinson? a) Execution b) A heavy fine c) Excommunication d) Probation

c

How did the Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629? a) Most saw this as the first positive sign that church and state were to be separated b) They believed that the king had used his royal prerogatives to favor their faith c) They prepared to leave England because they had lost their political voice d) They celebrated the fact that Parliament could no longer vote against their religion

c

Most Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay colony were either farmers or a) nobles b) merchants c) tradesmen d) landed gentry

c

The Puritans who described themselves as separatists, believed that a) the only way to live according to the Bible was to stay in Europe b) they could wait out the reign of King Charles in England c) the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption d) the Bible required separate religious services for men and women

c

The official Indian policy in the 17th century Pennsylvania a) was harsher than the policies in other England colonies b) was similar to Indian policies of the Virginia colony c) instructed agents to respect the land claims of nearby tribes d) allowed the Indians to keep their lands if they became Quakers

c

Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history, the migration to Puritan New England included a) a mostly unhealthy population b) a high proportion of servants and slaves c) a great number of complete families d) mostly women and children

c

What consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists? a) They tended to be less religious than in other colonies b) They did not have to put up with Catholics c) They did not have to pay taxes to maintain a state-supported church d) They could attend any church as long as they worshipped every week

c

What major change occurred in New Netherland in 1664? a) England purchased the colony from the Dutch b) The colony formed a representative government c) New Netherland became New York d) Dutch colonists overthrew Peter Stuyvesant

c

Who argued that the Puritans should be " a city upon a hill" that would inspire the rest of the world? a) William Bradford b) Charles I c) John Winthrop d) English Parliament

c

Who left Massachusetts for Connecticut in 1636 after clashing with church leaders over the requirements for church membership? a) William Pynchon b) John Cotton c) Thomas Hooker d) John Winthrop

c

Why did Puritans keep churches out of the civil government of New England? a) They held that religious beliefs should never influence government b) They wanted to ensure that minor religions retained their autonomy c) Puritans did not want to emulate the Church of England d) Puritans did not believe religious men would make good leaders

c

Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique? a) It encouraged Puritans to abandon the traditional English class structure. b) It allowed women investors to vote in the concerns of the colony c) It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony d) It obligated the crown to reimburse investors for any financial losses

c

Why was the town meeting significant in seventeenth-century New England? a) It provided a venue for Puritans to question religious doctrine b) It allowed women and blacks to contribute to important political decisions c) Its popular political participation was unprecedented during the 17th century d) Meetings allowed men to gather for militia drills and a day of community revelry

c

By the 1680s, New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that a) some towns closed all their churches after they ran out of money b) Puritan leaders repealed statutes making church attendance compulsory c) most people now called themselves Calvinists rather than Puritans d) only 15% of adult males were church members in some towns

d

How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation? a) He emphasized his Catholic faith b) He ended religious disputes and unrest in England c) Henry organized a large army to march on the Vatican d) He made himself the head of the Church of England

d

In 1686, England created the Dominion of New England, a new government consolidation that a) relocated part of Parliament to America to represent colonists more effectively b) placed all northern colonies under the rule of a local council located in Boston c) invalidated colonial charters in the region except the one held by Massachusetts d) placed all colonies north of Maryland under more direct control by England

d

James II was a zealous supporter of which religion? a) Puritanism b) Quakerism c) Protestantism d) Catholicism

d

King Philip's Was left New England settlers with a) no more debt b) the task of rebuilding Boston c) wealth form captured land d) an enduring hatred of Indians

d

The majority of accused witches came from which segment of the population? a) younger women b) slave women c) older men d) older women

d

What was 17th century New England's biggest export? a) cotton b) tobacco c) rice d) fish

d

What was the goal of the Puritan who founded Massachusetts Bay colony? a) To kill Indian enemies b) To make a profit for the crown c) To emphasize individual interests d) To reform the Church of England

d

Which statement characterizes Puritan communities in the first half of the 17th century? a) Permissive social values b) Absolute commitment to Puritanism c) Strict gender segregation in worship d) A high degree of religious conformity

d