Quiz #2 Beginnings Of English America
Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?
Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.
Which of the following was not a characteristic of early New England society?
Equality of the sees in church affairs, but not in government affairs
All Pilgrims were Puritans.
False
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
Slavery was never allowed in the devoutly Christian colony of Massachusetts.
False
The Half-Way Covenant (1662) held that believers in the divine right of kings were good.
False
In the religious view of the Puritans, you would get to heaven if:
God predestined you to heaven or hell| no earthly act could change that.
Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were:
High Rates of Death And Disease
Which of the following was not a central theme of Puritan thought?
The quest for material prosperity is a sign of moral corruption.
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.
True
The "Rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.
True
The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.
True
In 1600s Virginia, a femme sole could do all of the following except:
Vote
A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe:
a person who had experienced divine grace, often during a lightning storm.
The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?
Indentured Servants
Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?
It required Citizens To attend Church
The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was:
Land Ownership
Which of the following was not a significant trend of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English society?
The Elimination of gender hierarchies
In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was:
The House Of Burgesses In Virginia
Anne Hutchinson offended colonial leaders and was banished from Massachusetts because she claimed God spoke directly to her.
True
Colonial Massachusetts was organized into self-governing towns
True
Harvard College was principally founded to educate young men into the ministry.
True
John Rolfe married Powhatan's daughter
True
Which of the following was not a significant outcome of the start of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation?
campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields
