History Chapter 3
How did the English monarchs James I and Charles I react to the ideas of Puritan reformers?
Both enforced conformity to the Church of England.
James II was a zealous supporter of which religion?
Catholicism
Which factor contributed to Charles II's making William Penn the proprietor of a new colony?
Charles II hoped to rid England of Quakers.
What problem did the Halfway Covenant address?
Declining church membership
John Winthrop referred to Anne Hutchinson and her followers as antinomians, people who believed that
Christians could be saved by faith alone
According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death?
Puritans could do nothing to alter God's ruling on their fate.
Why did Puritans keep churches out of the civil government of New England?
Puritans did not want to emulate the Church of England.
What consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists?
They did not have to pay taxes to maintain a state-supported church
What happened to Puritans in England during the mid-seventeenth century?
They ruled the nation from 1649 to 1660.
What became the defining characteristic of Massachusetts citizenship after it became a royal colony in 1691?
Wealth
Most Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay colony were either farmers or
tradesmen
During most of the seventeenth century, New Netherland was
under the control of the Dutch.
Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique?
It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony.
Why was the town meeting significant in seventeenth-century New England?
Its popular political participation was unprecedented during the seventeenth century
Which statement characterizes sixteenth-century English Puritanism?
Puritans wanted to rid the Church of England of many features of Catholicism.
Which statement characterizes Puritan communities in the first half of the seventeenth century?
A high degree of religious conformity
What did English Puritans emphasize instead of Catholic rituals?
A personal relationship with God
What did King William's War, an attack by Great Lakes and Canadian French forces on villages in New England and New York, demonstrate to American colonists?
English military protection from hostile neighbors was still valuable.
How did the Boston church punish Anne Hutchinson?
Excommunication
Why did Roger Williams turn down the opportunity to become a minister at John Winthrop's Boston church?
He believed that Winthrop was jealous of his popularity in the city.
Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?
New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive.
The creation of New York led indirectly to the founding of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
The majority of accused witches came from which segment of the population?
Older women
Which colony attracted dissenters through the protection of "Liberty of Conscience"?
Rhode Island
Which factor allowed New England's population to continue to grow steadily during the seventeenth century?
The cold weather minimized the spread of life-threatening illnesses
Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history, the migration to Puritan New England included
a great number of complete families
King Philip's War (1676) left New England settlers with
an enduring hatred of Indians.
By the 1680s, New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that
only 15 percent of adult males were church members in some towns.
In 1686, England created the Dominion of New England, a new government consolidation that
placed all colonies north of Maryland under more direct control by England.
In 1688, the Glorious Revolution in England influenced American colonists to
rise up against royal authority in the northern colonies.
The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that
the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption.
What was the goal of the Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay colony?
To reform the Church of England
