USI Quiz 2

One change in Indian life after the English colonists settled was that

Indian use of alcohol became increasingly common and disruptive to Native American culture.

Which of the following was a theme of Puritan thought?

People enter this world as either the "elect" or the "damned."

The English "enclosure" movement of the 1500s and 1600s forced small farmers off "commons" land so that the land could be taken up by

Sheep

Intermarriage was common between Indians and English settlers.

False

Seventeenth-century New England quickly developed into a land of African-based slavery.

False

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

Among the suggested reasons why the English should colonize the New World were that

English settlements would reduce the Spanish empire and the influence of Catholicism.

A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe

an angel descended from heaven who sits next to God.

Levellers

felt freedom was not based on social class.

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

high rates of death and disease.

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

indentures servants

The English colonies differed from the Spanish in that Spanish women could

jointly own all the wealth accumulated during marriage.

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that

just and equal laws made by male representatives onboard were to rule over others.

Which of the following was promoted by Oliver Cromwell?

tolerance of Irish Catholics

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

True

Henry Care, author of English Liberties (1680), demonstrates that seventeenth-century identities rested in part on negative images of

other nations

One key motivation behind many early English settlers in the American colonies was

the desire to escape from the spiritual corruptions of England.

Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts

were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity.

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 of the community.