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Quiz by 2021Lillian Huffman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by 2021Lillian Huffman
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Question 1
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Which is true of English society by the early 1600s? (Ch. 2)
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The right to trial by jury had yet to be established
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There was a growing population of beggars and vagabonds
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There were no limits in the power of the monarch
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Titled nobles dominated the House of Commons
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There was no significant class distinctions
Question 2
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The Glorious Revolution of 1688:
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Increased the power of parliament
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resulted in the execution of Charles 1
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ended with the death of Oliver Cromwell
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temporarily abolished the monarchy
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delayed the American Revolution
Question 3
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the stockholders who invested in the Virginia Company were mainly motivated by:
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reiligon
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a spirit of adventure
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curiosity of the new world
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personality loyalty to James I
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financial profit
Question 4
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one outstanding characteristics of Jamestown in its initial years was:
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high % of slaves in the population
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complete freedom of religion
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the influence of women in its government
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the absence of effective leaders
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high mortality rate among the settlers
Question 5
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as Jamestown's leader, Captain John Smith:
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made the colony a democracy
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tried to wipe out Powhatan's Confederacy
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made the colonists work in order to eat
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argued that the colony should be abandoned
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discovered deposits of gold and silver
Question 6
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the Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity from:
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land sales
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trade with indians
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gold discoveries
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tobacco
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trade with Spanish Florida
Question 7
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the headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:
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giving 50 acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and 50 more for any servants he might bring
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selling wives to single men
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auctioning slaves
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giving free land to all servants
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giving free land in return for 5 years of military service
Question 8
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in 1624, a British court dissolved the struggling Virginia company and Virginia:
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was merged with New England
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no longer existed
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became a royal colony
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lost all its funding
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was given to the kings brother, Duke of York
Question 9
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Bacon's Rebellion:
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brought indentured servants and small farmers against the colony's rich planters and politicians
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had the support of indians
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resulted from changes in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina that discriminated against Puritans
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forced Governor Berkeley to abandon the colony and return to England
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sought to make Virginia independent of England
Question 10
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Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:
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debtors
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Puritans
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ex-convicts
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Anglicans
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English Catholics
Question 11
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the early settlers of New England differed from those of the Chesapeake by being primarily:
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English
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Protestant
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white
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middle class
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male
Question 12
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all of the following are true about Pilgrims EXCEPT that they:
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established the Plymouth colony
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based their initial colonial government on the Mayflower Compact
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were Separatists who had abandoned the Church of England
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originally fled to Holland
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were a sect of radical Catholics
Question 13
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New England's Congregationalist churches were:
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open the everyone
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self governing
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tolerant of other religions
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morally opposed to slavery
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financially supported by the king
Question 14
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when John Winthrop spoke of "a city upon a hill" he was referring to the colony's desire to:
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be financially successful
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become independent of England
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serve as a model Christian community
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establish an ideal government
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convert the indians to Christianity
Question 15
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Roger Williams believed:
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Puritanism was the only suitable religion for MA
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in the propriety of linking church and state
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Indians should be forcibly Christianized
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that compulsory church attendance was an important tenet of the Christian faith
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it was wrong to confiscate Indian lands
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