(CASH) U.S. History Ch. 4
How did the English monarchs James I and Charles I react to the ideas of Puritan reformers?
Both enforced conformity to the Church of England.
Which factor contributed to Charles II's making William Penn the proprietor of a new colony?
Charles II hoped to rid England of Quakers.
What problem did the Halfway Covenant address?
Declining church membership.
Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique?
It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony.
New England Puritanism owed its religious roots to the _____
Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century.
Which statement characterizes sixteenth-century English Puritanism?
Puritans wanted to rid the Church of England of many features of Catholicism.
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.
How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629?
They prepared to leave England because they had lost their political voice.
Who left Massachusetts for Connecticut in 1636 after clashing with church leaders over the requirements for church membership?
Thomas Hooker.
What was the goal of the Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay colony?
To reform the Church of England.
During most of the seventeenth century, New Netherland was ______
under the control of the Dutch.
Which statement characterizes Puritan communities in the first half of the seventeenth century?
A high degree of religious conformity.
What did English Puritans emphasize instead of Catholic rituals?
A personal relationship with God.
What did members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believe?
God spoke to each individual through an "inner light."
Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?
New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive.
The creation of New York led indirectly to the founding of Pennsylvania and ______
New Jersey
Which colony attracted dissenters through the protection of "Liberty of Conscience"?
Rhode Island.
In the seventeenth century, widespread political participation of males in New England town meetings led to ______
a reinforcement of community conformity.
By the 1680s, New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that _______
only 15 percent of adult males were church members in some towns.
The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that ______
the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption.
