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After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans, Roger Williams believed what about the Indians? |
That the Indian religion and culture was as good as that of the Puritans |
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Which colony attracted dissenters through the protection of "Liberty of Conscience?" |
Rhode Island |
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How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation? |
He made himself the head of the Church of England |
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What did English Puritans emphasize instead of Catholic rituals? |
A personal relationship with God |
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How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629? |
They prepared to leave England because they had lost their political voice |
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What did the Puritans, who described themselves as Separatists, believe about the Church of England? |
That the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption |
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Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique? |
It allowed the government of the company to be located in the colony |
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What was the goal of the Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay colony? |
To reform the Church of England |
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Who argued that the Puritans should be "a city upon a hill" that would inspire the rest of the world? |
John Winthrop |
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Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history, the migration to Puritan New England included _______________________? |
A great number of complete families |
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According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death ? |
Puritans could do nothing to alter God’s ruling on their fate |
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Why did Puritans keep churches out of the civil government of New England? |
Puritans did not want to emulate the Church of England |
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What did widespread political participation of males in New England town meetings led to? |
A reinforcement of community conformity |
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How did the Boston church punish Anne Hutchinson? |
Excommunication |
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What was seventeenth-century New England’s biggest export? |
fish |
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Which factor allowed New England’s population to continue to grow steadily during the seventeenth century? |
The cold weather minimized the spread of life-threatening illnesses |
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What problem did the Halfway Covenant address? |
Declining church membership |
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What did members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believe? |
God spoke to each individual through an "inner light" |
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The majority of accused witches came from which segment of the population? |
Older women |
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Compared to the colonies to the north and south, the population of New Netherland was _________________? |
More diverse |
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What major change occurred in New Netherland in 1664? |
It became New York |
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What was William Penn’s goal for his new colony? |
To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas |
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Who served as leaders of Quaker congregations? |
Ordinary men and women |
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Describe the official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania. |
Penn instructed agents to respect the land claims of nearby tribes |
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What consequence did religious toleration in Quaker-dominated Pennsylvania have for colonists? |
Colonists did not have to pay taxes to maintain a state-supported church |
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What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s? |
to yield revenues for the crown and English merchants |
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Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675? |
New Englanders had been steadily encroaching on land the Indians needed to survive |
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In 1686, England created the Dominion of New England, a new government consolidation that did what to all the colonies north of Maryland? |
Placed all colonies north of Maryland under more direct control by England |
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James II was a zealous supporter of which religion? |
Catholicism |
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What became the defining characteristic of Massachusetts citizenship after it became a royal colony in 1691? |
wealth |
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