Roark Chapter 4 Quiz
20) Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?
New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive.
13) What did members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believe?
God spoke to each individual through an ìinner light.î
18) The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade in order to
yield revenues for the crown and English merchants.
10) John Winthrop referred to Anne Hutchinson and her followers as antinomians, people who be believed that
Christians could be saved by faith alone
15) Why did the English continue the Dutch policy of religious toleration in New York?
The diversity of the population prevented them from imposing a uniform religion.
6) Who argued that the Puritans should be ìa city upon a hillî that would inspire the rest of the world?
John Winthrop
8) Which statement characterizes Puritan communities in the first half of the seventeenth century?
A high degree of religious conformity
4) What did English Puritans emphasize instead of Catholic rituals?
A personal relationship with God
7) Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history, the migration to Puritan New England included
a great number of complete families.
11) How did the Boston church punish Anne Hutchinson?
Excommunication
3) How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation?
He made himself the head of the Church of England.
9) Why was the New England town meeting significant?
Its popular political participation was unprecedented during the seventeenth century.
19) What characterized colonial commerce by the end of the seventeenth century?
Strong ties to England because of royal supervision of merchants and shippers
12) 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.
17) The official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania
instructed agents to respect the land claims of nearby tribes.
2) After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans, Roger Williams believed
that Indian religion and culture was as good as that of the Puritans.
5) The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that
the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption.
14) During most of the seventeenth century, New Netherland was
under the control of the Dutch.
1) Why did Roger Williams turn down the opportunity to become a minister at John Winthrop's Boston church?
He resented that the church had not openly rejected the Church of England.
16) What was William Penn's goal for his new colony?
To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas
