Give Me Liberty Quiz Ch. 2

A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was:

1. acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence. 2. escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England. 3. the profits to be made in trans-Atlantic commerce.

Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?

NOT: It required citizens to attend church Was: 1. It was a refuge for religious nonconformists. 2. It had no established church. 3. It had no religious qualification for voting in the 1600s.

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

NOT: The House of Burgesses was established Did: 1. Pequot War 2. Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts 3. Anne Hutchinson's Trial

Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts

were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity.

Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for

Catholics.

In the religious view of the Puritans, you would get to heaven if

God predestined you to heaven; no earthly act could change that.

The first permanent English settlement in the area now known as the United States was at

Jamestown, Virginia.

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

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

Which country was not a main rival of the British in the seventeenth century?

NOT: Germany Was: 1. Spain 2. the Netherlands 3. France

Which of the following colonies was established first?

Virginia

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.

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 "enclosure" movement of the 1500s and 1600s forced small farmers off "commons" land so that the land could be taken up by

sheep

In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was

the House of Burgesses in Virginia.

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that

the adult men would obey the "just and equal laws" made by their male representatives.

Which of the following crops did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies?

tobacco

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was

tobacco.

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

NOT: The quest for material prosperity is a sign of moral corruption. Was: 1. The Church of England is overly steeped in ritual and dogma. 2. People enter this world either "elect" or "damned"; how they live their lives has no effect on their prospects for salvation. 3. True "freedom" means following God's will, not one's own natural impulses.

Which of the following was not a significant outcome of the start of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation?

NOT: campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields Was: 1. a surge of revenue to the English crown 2. the emergence of a landed gentry, which enjoyed great social and political influence 3. a rush of newcomers from England, in pursuit of land and labor

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

NOT: the elimination of gender hierarchies Was: 1. a large-scale displacement of rural people from the land 2. a dramatic increase in population 3. enlarged public debates over the meaning of freedom

In 1600s Virginia, a femme sole could do all of the following EXCEPT:

NOT: vote Could: 1. acquire land. 2. manage her own plantation. 3. act as a lawyer in court.

Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?

NOT:Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves. Was: 1. Unlike slaves, indentured servants were held in bondage only for a limited period of time. 2. Like slaves, indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their masters. 3. Although servants could anticipate some kind of "freedom dues" (often a piece of land) upon completion of their indenture, many died before their terms expired.

Who was the most prominent Native American leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia?

Powhatan

The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was

land ownership