Chap 2

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The early settlers of English America enjoyed the least amount of rights compared to colonists of other empires.

False

An indenture was

a contract for labor for a period of years.

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

Mayflower Compact; trial of Anne Hutchinson; Half-Way Covenant

Which of the following did not happen in the 1630s?

The House of Burgesses was established.

Which of the following was not a central theme of Puritan thought?

The quest for material prosperity is a sign of moral corruption.

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.

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.

True

Seventeenth-century New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants.

false

Slavery was never allowed in the devoutly Christian colony of Massachusetts.

false

The Levellers

felt freedom was not based social class.

The Half-Way Covenant applied to whom?

grandchildren of the English Great Migration

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

high rates of death and disease.

Which of the following was not a significant trend of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English society?

the elimination of gender hierarchies

England's ongoing struggle to subdue Ireland delayed its entry into New World colonization.

true

In Puritan New England, a husband's authority in his house was nearly absolute; genuine freedom for a woman was understood to come from her subjection to her husband's will and desires.

true

In the 1600s, nearly two-thirds of English settlers came as indentured servants.

true

Under the headright system, anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants would immediately acquire a large estate.

true

One change in Indian life after the English colonists settled was

alcohol became increasingly common and disruptive.

In the 1600s in Massachusetts, full church membership was not required to vote in colony-wide elections.

false

The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?

indentured servants

The English colonies differed from the Spanish in that Spanish women could Group of answer choices

jointly own all the wealth accumulated during marriage

In the first two years of Jamestown's existence, relations with the Indians were

mostly peaceful and based on simple trade.

Who was the English-speaking American Indian the Pilgrims encountered at Plymouth Bay in 1620?

squanto

The event that started the Pequot War was

the killing of a fur trader by the Pequots.

Which of the following was not promoted by Oliver Cromwell?

the return to tolerance toward Irish Catholics


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