College History Ch.3 Quiz 1

The Pequot War resulted in

All of the above.

The Puritan movement was intended to be a harmonious way of life. However, Puritans found it hard to maintain a balance between

All of the above.

Which statement best describes the raising of children in Puritan households?

Children were expected to strictly obey their elders and were raised to fear damnation.

The New England Town Meeting was a completely democratic method of governance of towns.

False

The Pilgrims and Puritans believed in a liberal interpretation of the phrase "freedom of religion."

False

The lessons learned from the failures at Roanoke were used to ensure the success of Jamestown.

False

The term "The Chesapeake" refers to the colonies of North Carolina and Virginia.

False

Which was not a consequence of the success of tobacco farming in Virginia?

Martial law was extended until 1630.

Which of the following statements about the adoption of slavery in the Chesapeake Bay is correct?

Slaves faced the same problems as the English: short life spans, harsh environmental and working conditions, and little or no reward for their efforts..

What was the primary reason that English plantation owners in the Chesapeake Bay region adopted slavery so quickly?

The need for laborers and the price of slaves.

Which of the following statements about the first New England towns is not true?

The placement of houses was very standardized with streets and town centers.

Which of the following statements characterizes the Puritans and Pilgrims?

They emigrated to North America for religious rather than economic reasons..

For the English, slavery status was reserved for nonwhites.

True

In domesticating a variety of Caribbean tobacco in Jamestown, John Rolfe helped ensure the survival of the colony.

True

Maryland was the first of the proprietary colonies in America.

True

Puritans believed that they were God's chosen people.

True

The Mayflower Compact is important because the men onboard bound themselves into a self-organized political body.

True

The brutality of fighting in the Pequot War is clearly illustrated by the Mystic massacre of 1637.

True

The Englishman John Smith is best described as

a soldier of fortune.

Land ownership to the Puritans meant

individually owning and developing privately owned parcels of land.

The early colonists of Jamestown included which of the following:

nobles who were charged with looking for gold..

Between 1610 and 1646, the Anglo-Powhatan Wars occurred because

of the British policy to subjugate the Indians to British authority.

About 90 percent of those who migrated to the Chesapeake in the 17th century came as

servants.

To the Puritan clergy, Anne Hutchinson's most dangerous belief was

that God had communicated directly to her.

The Mayflower Compact was signed on board the Mayflower because

the ship landed in territory that had no legal claim or government..