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Which New England Puritan could LEAST accurately be described as a religious dissenter?


A) Anne Hutchinson
B) John Winthrop
C) Roger Williams
D) John Wheelwright
E) Thomas Hooker

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Among the English monarchs,James I was most tolerant of the Puritans.

A) True
B) False

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The most cosmopolitan of all the English colonies was ________.

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The Englishman responsible for bringing the first Africans to British North America was ________.

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Residents of Massachusetts generally had greater freedom of worship than the Puritans had had in England.

A) True
B) False

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The philosopher John Locke helped draw up the Fundamental Constitution for Carolina.

A) True
B) False

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Bacon's rebellion accelerated the development of slavery in Virginia.

A) True
B) False

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In its beginning,the Maryland colony


A) experienced tremendous warfare with local Indians.
B) allowed no Protestant settlers.
C) was a refuge for English Catholics.
D) was led by Captain John Smith.
E) experienced considerable conflict with nearby French settlers.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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In the seventeenth century,English colonists recognized that corn


A) could only be grown in the New World.
B) was their most financially valuable crop.
C) produced yields greater than any of the European grains.
D) was a particularly difficult crop to cultivate.
E) could not be grown in the swampy land around Jamestown.

F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

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The Massachusetts Bay Puritans


A) lived as grim and joyless people.
B) took vows of poverty as evidence of their commitment to their faith.
C) created a colonial "theocracy."
D) fought with the surrounding Indians almost immediately.
E) introduced freedom of worship to the New World.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619,


A) it gave settlers full political control of their colony.
B) land-owning women colonists were allowed to vote.
C) colonists were given a share of local political representation.
D) it put an end to a violent uprising by disgruntled colonists.
E) it recommended that Virginia declare independence from England.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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The Navigation Acts were designed primarily to control migration into the Americas.

A) True
B) False

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The Englishmen who founded Maryland were Puritans,but not Separatists.

A) True
B) False

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The Mayflower Compact set forth the principles of the Puritan religion.

A) True
B) False

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In King Philip's War,Indians made effective use of a relatively new weapon,the


A) flintlock rifle.
B) matchlock musket.
C) repeating revolver.
D) Gatling gun.
E) artillery cannon.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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In the seventeenth century,English Quakers


A) had a disregard for class or gender distinctions.
B) had no paid clergy.
C) were pacifists.
D) believed all could attain salvation.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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Leisler's rebellion took place in


A) Rhode Island.
B) New Jersey.
C) Massachusetts.
D) New York.
E) Connecticut.

F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

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In 1638,Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she


A) was accused of practicing witchcraft.
B) argued that only the "elect" were entitled to any religious or political authority.
C) challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society.
D) was a single mother who refused to marry.
E) preached against what she called the "Antinomian heresy."

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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