HST 120: Chapter 4 - The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700
How did Puritans view Quakers?
As dangerous to the Puritan faith and social order.
John Winthrop referred to Anne Hutchinson and her followers as antinomians, people who believed that
Christians could be saved by faith alone.
Who argued that the Puritans should be "a city upon a hill" that would inspire the rest of the world?
John Winthrop.
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 majority of accused witches came from which segment of the population?
Older women.
Which factor allowed New England's population continue to grow steadily during the seventeenth century?
The cold weather minimized the spread of life-threatening illnesses.
How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629?
They prepared to leave England because they had lost their political voice.
What does the seal of the Massachusetts Bay colony tell us about English attitudes toward Native Americans?
They saw them as in need of help and guidance from the English.
Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history, the migration to Puritan New England included
a great number of complete families.
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.
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.
After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans, Roger Williams believed
English colonists should respect the Indians' culture.
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.
New England Puritanism owed its religious roots to the
schism between the Roman and Byzantine churches.
