Chapter 2 Foner
In Puritan marriages:
reciprocal affection and companionship were the ideal.
The Massachusetts General Court:
reflected the Puritans' desire to govern the colony without outside interference.
Which statement about women in the early Virginia colony is FALSE?
-Women mostly came to Virginia as indentured servants. -Some women took advantage of their legal status as femme sole. -There was a high death rate among women. -WOMEN CONSISTED OF ABOUT HALF THE WHITE POPULATION -Women often married at a relatively late age—mid-twenties
Which one of the following lists these colonies in the proper chronological order by the dates they were founded, from the earliest to the latest?
Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island
Which one of the following is true of indentured servants?
Their masters could determine whether they could marry.
How did indentured servants display a fondness for freedom?
Some of them ran away or were disobedient toward their masters.
The Mayflower Compact established:
a civil government for the Plymouth colony.
Boston merchants:
challenged the subordination of economic activity to Puritan control.