Question 1

The Massachusetts General Court:

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A)   reflected the Puritans' desire to govern the colony without outside interference.
B)   was chosen by the king.
C)   was chosen by the governor.
D)   ruled the colony from its beginnings in 1630.
E)   by law had to consist of a majority of Puritan judges.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

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A)   It instituted the headright system,giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage.
B)   It fired John Smith and brought in a more popular leader.
C)   It gave control back to the king,who straightened out its problems.
D)   It required all settlers to grow tobacco,a highly profitable crop.
E)   It created an executive committee that really ran the colony and a committee of colonists who thought they were running it.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-tobacco

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A)  principles of religious toleration
B)  believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons
C)  gave five to seven years of service for passage to America
D)  first elected assembly in colonial America
E)  charter company that established JamestownF) first written frame of government in British AmericaG) a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great MigrationH) primary crop of the Chesapeake coloniesI) argued that the Church of England was still too CatholicJ) granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passageK) a political movement favoring expanded libertiesL) written in 1215,this document was said to embody English freedomM) B) and K)
N) A) and C)

Question 6

How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

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Question 7

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 addressed:

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A)   separation of church and state.
B)   freedom of religion.
C)   Native American relations.
D)   generational conflicts.
E)   business relations.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 8

A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

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A)   new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church.
B)   groups began calling for the elimination of a written English constitution on the grounds that kings merely abused its privileges.
C)   writer John Milton called for an end to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,because it caused too much controversy.
D)   the execution of King Charles II led to new debates about crime and punishment.
E)   thousands of American colonists returned to England to participate in the Civil War.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 10

The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 addressed:

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To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

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A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

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The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

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The Massachusetts General Court:

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How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

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Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

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During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -tobacco

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How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

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Exam 2: Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

The Half-Way Covenant of 1662 addressed:

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To the Puritan leaders,Indians were savages and immoral.

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A Discourse concerning Western Planting argued that English settlement of North America would strike a blow against Spain.

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The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

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The Massachusetts General Court:

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How had the concept of English freedom developed through the centuries before 1700? What had defined freedom,and to whom were liberties granted? How and why had those definitions changed over the centuries? How did the English Civil War help to change those definitions?

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Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

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During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -tobacco

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How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony's development?

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