Question 1

What did members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believe?

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A)   God spoke to each individual through an "inner light."
B)   Only a few individuals could interpret God's voice.
C)   Each human being was his or her own "god."
D)   The Bible was necessary to discover God's word.

Question 2

What does the seal of the Massachusetts Bay colony tell us about English attitudes toward Native Americans?

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A)   They respected them and treated them as equals.
B)   They saw them as enemies.
C)   They saw them as in need of help and guidance from the English.
D)   They denied their existence entirely.

Question 3

King Philip's War (1676)  left New England settlers with

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A)   no more debt.
B)   the task of rebuilding Boston.
C)   an enduring hatred of Indians.
D)   wealth from captured land.

Question 4

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 5

Compared to the colonies to the north and south, the population of New Netherland was

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A)   diverse.
B)   homogeneous.
C)   large.
D)   transient.

Question 6

"[A]nd this by the testimony of vile varlets, as not only were known before, but have been further apparent since, by their manifest lives, whoredoms, incest &c. The accusations of these, from their spectral sight, being the chief evidence against those that suffered; in which accusations they were upheld by both magistrates and ministers, so long as they apprehended themselves in no danger. And then, tho' they could defend neither the doctrine nor the practice, yet none of them have in such a publick manner as the case requires, testified against either; tho', at the same time they could not but be sensible what a stain and lasting infamy they have brought upon the whole country, to the indangering of the future welfare not only of this but of other places, induced by their example . . . occasioning the great dishonour and blasphemy of the name of God . . . and as a natural effect thereof, to the great increase of Atheism." Whom did the author refer to as "vile varlets"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Indians
B)   Accused witches
C)   Those who accused witches
D)   The Spanish

Question 7

Modern-day speechwriters, including those of presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, have evoked the metaphor of "a shining city upon a hill." Students of seventeenth-century American history recognize the origins of this phrase in one of the most famous sermons in American history, delivered to Puritans aboard the ship Arbella. Who delivered this sermon, and what point did he want to make by using the phrase "city upon a hill"?

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Question 8

The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that

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A)   the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption.
B)   they could wait out the reign of King Charles in England.
C)   the Bible required separate religious services for men and women.
D)   the only way to live according to the Bible was to stay in Europe.

Question 9

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 10

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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Origins: N...

Question 11

The majority of accused witches came from which segment of the population?

Accepted Answer

A)   Older women
B)   Younger women
C)   Older men
D)   Slave women

Question 12

According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death?

Accepted Answer

A)   Puritans could do nothing to alter God's ruling on their fate.
B)   Salvation was guaranteed through God's love for humankind.
C)   Puritans who prayed daily and worked hard were eligible for salvation.
D)   Wealth, success, and good health led to salvation.

Question 13

What happened to Puritans in England during the mid-seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   They disappeared as a religious group.
B)   They adopted some elements of Catholicism.
C)   They planned an attack on continental Europe.
D)   They ruled the nation from 1649 to 1660.

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-Epithet for members of the Society of Friends. Their belief that God spoke directly to each individual through an "inner light" and that neither clergy nor the Bible was essential to discovering God's Word put them in conflict with orthodox Puritans.

Accepted Answer

A)  antinomians
B)  Calvinism
C)  English Reformation
D)  Halfway Covenant
E)  King Philip's WarF) New NetherlandG) predestinationH) PuritansI) Puritan RevolutionJ) QuakersK) SeparatistsL) visible saints

Question 15

Compare the colony at Massachusetts Bay with that founded at Chesapeake Bay.

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Massachuse...

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

What was seventeenth-century New England's biggest export?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rice
B)   Fish
C)   Tobacco
D)   Cotton

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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 19

Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?

Accepted Answer

A)   A longstanding feud over the kidnapping of a Puritan woman finally erupted into warfare.
B)   The Indians were tired of the Puritans violently trying to convert them to Christianity.
C)   A new Wampanoag spiritual leader commanded the Indians to drive the whites from their homeland.
D)   New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive.

Question 20

Use the following to answer questions :
-Dutch colony on Manhattan Island. New Amsterdam was its capital and colony headquarters.

Accepted Answer

A)  antinomians
B)  Calvinism
C)  English Reformation
D)  Halfway Covenant
E)  King Philip's WarF) New NetherlandG) predestinationH) PuritansI) Puritan RevolutionJ) QuakersK) SeparatistsL) visible saints

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

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What happened to Puritans in England during the mid-seventeenth century?

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Compare the colony at Massachusetts Bay with that founded at Chesapeake Bay.

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According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death?

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The Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believed that

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