Colonial Test
Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high?
It lay beside a malarial swamp
Why commodity drove the african slave trade in brazil and the west indies during the 17th century?
sugar
Why did the puritans decide to emigrate from England in the late 1620's and 1630's?
the Church of England was firing their ministers and conceding their their writings
Which of the following is true of the puritans of the seventeenth century?
they agreed that the Church of England retained too many elements of Catholicism in its rituals and doctrines
In contrast to life in the Chesapeake region life in New England:
was more family oriented
How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development
(It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage.
Anne Hutchinson:
Engaged in Antinomianism, a sexual practice that Puritans considered threatening to traditional gender relations
Tobacco production in Virginia
Enriched an emerging class of planters and certain members of the colonial government
The separation of the church and state:
Existed only in few colonies
The Puritans minister Thomas Hooker:
Founded what became part of the colony of Connecticut
During the seventeenth century, indentured servants:
Had a great deal of trouble acquiring land
Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?
Catholics
Roger Williams argues that:
Church and state must be totally separated
In the pequot war of 1637
Connecticut and Massachusetts soldiers teamed with narragansett allies to set the main pequot village afire and kill 500 pequots
Puritans viewed individual and personal freedom as:
Dangerous to social harmony and stability
The half way covenant of 1662
Did not require evidence of conversion to receive a kind of church membership
Which one of the following lists these colonies in the proper chronological order by the dates they were founded, from the earliest to latest?
Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Rhode Island
What was the impact of King Philip's war (1675-1676)
New england's tribes united against the colonists\
William Penn was a member of which religious group?
Quakers
What was William penn's most fundamental principle?
Religious freedom
In regards to religious toleration, the Puritans:
Saw only their fate as the truth
Which one of the following is true of indentured servants?
Their masters could determine whether they could marry
Which of the following statements is true about the early history of jamestown?
The death rate was extraordinarily high
According to the economic theory known as mercantilism
The government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power
Slavery developed more slowly in north america than in the english west indies because:
The high death rate among tobacco workers made it economically unappealing to pay more for a slave likely to die within a short time
Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?
The replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations
Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:
Tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society
As leader of, John Smith:
Used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together
Where in the americas did the pilgrims originally plan to go?
Virginia
Maryland's founder, Cecilius Calvert:
Wanted Maryland to be like a feudal domain, with power limited for ordinary people.
The Virginia House of Burgesses:
Was created as part of the Virginia Company's effort to encourage the colony's survival
The mayflower compact established:
a civil government for Plymouth colony
What did english settlers in North America believe was the basis of liberty?
land
