AMH-2010 US History to 1877: Chap 4
Why was the town meeting significant in seventeenth-century New England?
Its popular political participation was unprecedented during the seventeenth century.
Which colony attracted dissenters through the protection of "Liberty of Conscience"?
Rhode Island
What characterized colonial commerce by the end of the seventeenth century?
Strong ties to England because of royal supervision of merchants and shippers
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 statement characterizes Puritan communities in the first half of the seventeenth century?
A high degree of religious conformity
How did Puritans view Quakers?
As dangerous to the Puritan faith and social order
How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation?
He made himself the head of the Church of England.
Why did Roger Williams turn down the opportunity to become a minister at John Winthrop's Boston church?
He resented that the church had not openly rejected the Church of England.
What consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists?
They did not have to pay taxes to maintain a state-supported church.
What was William Penn's goal for his new colony?
To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas
The official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania
instructed agents to respect the land claims of nearby tribes.
Most Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay colony were either farmers or
tradesmen.