Chapter 2
17th century New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants.
False
In the Chesapeake region, minot numbered women for most of the 17th century by a ratio of approximately twelve to one.
False
Most migrants to 17th century New England came out of the poorer reaches of English society.
False
On completing their terms, each male indentured servant received for church membership in grants of land.
False
Since Puritan Massachusetts was deeply religious, ministers were frequently elected to colonial offices.
False
The Half-Way Covenant (1662) held that membership could come from religious conversion rather than ancestry if one hope to become one of the elect.
False
The Half-Way Covenant applied to whom?
Grand children of the English great migration
The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s lead to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?
Indentured servants
Within the Puritan community, the family was considered the foundation of a strong community while unmarried persons
were viewed as a danger to the social fabric.
In an effort to discourage colonists and prevent newcomers from joining Indian societies, Puritan suggested that "godly society "
write captivity narrative describing the brutality of the Indians
Which of the following was NOT a significant feature of indentured servitude in 17th century Virginia?
Indentured servants never comprise more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.
Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
Mayflower compact; Trial of AnnHutchinson; Half - way covenant
The Indian leader ________, led a surprise attack that killed one-quarter of Virginia settlers in one single day.
Opechancanough
Who is the most prominent Native American leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia?
Powhatan
The English "enclosure "movement of the 1500s and 1600s for small farmers off "commons "land so that the land could be taken up by
Sheep
In Puritan New England, a husbands 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
Indenture contracts usually bound indentured servants for periods from 5 to 7 years
True
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.
True
The first Thanksgiving celebrated the pilgrims survival and a successful harvest.
True
Under the head right system, anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants could immediately acquire a largest state.
True
When supplies reach the Roanoke Colony in 1590, then habitants had mysteriously vanished leaving only a word carved in a tree as a clue to their whereabouts.
True
In 1600s Virginia, a feme sole Could do all of the following except
Vote
Which of the following was NOT promoted by Oliver Cromwell?
the Return to tolerance toward Irish Catholics
Another name for the church of England was the
Anglican Church
Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were
high rates of death and disease.