Question 1

After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans,Roger Williams believed that

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A)   all Indians should be converted to the Puritan faith.
B)   English settlers had a legal right to take Indian-held land.
C)   English colonists should respect the Indians' culture.
D)   Indian religion was evil and blasphemous.

Question 2

The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade in order to

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A)   line the pockets of those sitting in the House of Lords.
B)   yield revenues for the crown and English merchants.
C)   tax the exports of New England and the middle colonies.
D)   ensure that all nations had equal access to American goods.

Question 3

What consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists?

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A)   They did not have to put up with Catholics.
B)   They could attend any church as long as they worshiped every week.
C)   They did not have to pay taxes to maintain a state-supported church.
D)   They tended to be less religious than in other colonies.

Question 4

What problem did the Halfway Covenant address?

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A)   A labor glut
B)   Declining church membership
C)   Economic stagnation
D)   Women's political status

Question 5

Within twenty years of its founding,Philadelphia,the capital city of the colony of Pennsylvania,became one of the most important centers of commerce in British North America.Evaluate the role played by William Penn in the evolution of Pennsylvania from a "holy experiment" into a prosperous North American colony.

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Question 6

Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history,the migration to Puritan New England included

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A)   a mostly unhealthy population.
B)   a great number of complete families.
C)   mostly women and children.
D)   a high proportion of servants and slaves.

Question 7

In the 1673 painting of New Amsterdam,why might the Dutch artists have portrayed native people as more similar to Africans than to other Indians?

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A)   Because the inhabitants on the island were of African descent
B)   To emphasize the exotic otherness of the native people
C)   Because the artist had never seen Indians and did not know what they looked like
D)   Because according to Dutch art conventions,all non-Dutch people were painted alike

Question 8

Why did Roger Williams turn down the opportunity to become a minister at John Winthrop's Boston church?

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A)   He believed that Winthrop was jealous of his popularity in the city.
B)   He resented that the church had not openly rejected the Church of England.
C)   Winthrop offered him a lower position in the church hierarchy than he desired.
D)   He maintained loyalty to the Church of England.

Question 9

The Dutch colonial outpost of New Netherland contrasted significantly with the English colonies of New England.Compare the origins,social environment,and governmental structure of New Netherland to that of the Puritan colonies.

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Question 10

By the 1680s,New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that

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A)   most people now called themselves Calvinists rather than Puritans.
B)   some towns closed all their churches after they ran out of money.
C)   only 15 percent of adult males were church members in some towns.
D)   Puritan leaders repealed statutes making church attendance compulsory.

Question 11

Which statement characterizes sixteenth-century English Puritanism?

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A)   It was a well-organized,centrally administered religious reform movement.
B)   Followers sought to restore Catholicism as the national religion of England.
C)   Followers called for increased influence of the clergy in the lives of parishioners.
D)   Puritans wanted to rid the Church of England of many features of Catholicism.

Question 12

The official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania

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A)   was similar to Indian policies of the Virginia colony.
B)   allowed the Indians keep their lands if they became Quakers.
C)   was harsher then the policies in the other English colonies.
D)   instructed agents to respect the land claims of nearby tribes.

Question 13

What characterized colonial commerce by the end of the seventeenth century?

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A)   An increasing independence from its former ties with the British Empire
B)   Stagnation due to strict importation policies imposed by the crown
C)   Strong ties to England because of royal supervision of merchants and shippers
D)   A status of equality with England due to cooperation on trade matters

Question 14

What was William Penn's goal for his new colony?

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A)   To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas
B)   To drive devout Quakers from the English colonies
C)   To oust the Indians from the area that became Pennsylvania
D)   To create a colony that banned all religious practices

Question 15

In 1688,the Glorious Revolution in England influenced American colonists to

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A)   rise up against royal authority in the northern colonies.
B)   pledge new support for the Dominion of New England.
C)   show their support for the religious convictions of King James II.
D)   organize military groups to help overthrow William of Orange.

Question 16

Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique?

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A)   It allowed women investors to vote in the concerns of the colony.
B)   It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony.
C)   It obligated the crown to reimburse investors for any financial losses.
D)   It encouraged Puritans to abandon the traditional English class structure.

Question 17

What became the defining characteristic of Massachusetts citizenship after it became a royal colony in 1691?

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A)   Wealth
B)   Ties of nobility
C)   Familial connections
D)   Divine grace

Question 18

How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629?

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A)   They celebrated the fact that Parliament could no longer vote against their religion.
B)   They believed that the king had used his royal prerogatives to favor their faith.
C)   Most saw this as the first positive sign that church and state were to be separated.
D)   They prepared to leave England because they had lost their political voice.

Question 19

James II was a zealous supporter of which religion?

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A)   Puritanism
B)   Protestantism
C)   Catholicism
D)   Quakerism

Question 20

Provide historical evidence to support the following statement: By the end of the seventeenth century in New England,the zeal of Puritanism had cooled.

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Exam 4: The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 1601-1700

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Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history,the migration to Puritan New England included

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Provide historical evidence to support the following statement: By the end of the seventeenth century in New England,the zeal of Puritanism had cooled.

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The Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade in order to

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Why did Roger Williams turn down the opportunity to become a minister at John Winthrop's Boston church?

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By the 1680s,New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that

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The Dutch colonial outpost of New Netherland contrasted significantly with the English colonies of New England.Compare the origins,social environment,and governmental structure of New Netherland to that of the Puritan colonies.

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After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans,Roger Williams believed that

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In 1688,the Glorious Revolution in England influenced American colonists to

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Which statement characterizes sixteenth-century English Puritanism?

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The official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania

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How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629?

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What characterized colonial commerce by the end of the seventeenth century?

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What consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists?

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What became the defining characteristic of Massachusetts citizenship after it became a royal colony in 1691?

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What problem did the Halfway Covenant address?

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Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique?

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James II was a zealous supporter of which religion?

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In the 1673 painting of New Amsterdam,why might the Dutch artists have portrayed native people as more similar to Africans than to other Indians?

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By the 1680s,New England's religious consensus had weakened to the point that

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How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629?

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What characterized colonial commerce by the end of the seventeenth century?

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