History 11 Chapter 2:

Intermarriage between Indians and English settlers was common.

False.

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

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

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

High rates of death and disease.

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

Powhatan

Anne Hutchinson offended colonial leaders and was banished from Massachusetts because she claimed God spoke directly to her.

True.

Seventeenth-century Maryland stood out for its system of absolute rule but also for its practice of religious toleration.

True.

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

True.

In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was the

The House of Burgesses in Virginia

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

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

Campaigns to discourage migration by English women, who, it was feared, would distract male Virginians from their work in the fields.

Most migrants to seventeenth-century New England came out of the poorer reaches of English society.

False

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

True

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

True

The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.

True

Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts

We're intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity.

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was

Tobacco.

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early New England society

Equality of the sexes in church affairs, but not in government affairs.

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

All of the possible answers are correct.

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

Indentured servants never compromised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.

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

Indentured servants.

Which was NOT a characteristic of Roger William's Rhode Island colony?

It required citizens to attend church.

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

Land ownership.

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

The elimination of gender hierarchies. .

Early New Englanders established trade relations with local Indians, whereas early Virginians did not.

True

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

True