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The chapter introduction tells the story of French activities in North America to make the point that: |
| | A) | the English were relative latecomers to the colonizing business in North America. |
| | B) | the Spanish and English were not the only European powers colonizing the Americas. |
| | C) | while the French pursued commercial exploitation of North America, the English in New England demonstrated how religion could provide an equally powerful motivation. |
| | D) | while the French gained a foothold in North America through the work of the Jesuits, their settlers were few in contrast to the English Calvinists who settled New England. |
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Pilgrims and Puritans migrated to New England for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: |
| | A) | their zeal to convert the Indians. |
| | B) | the perceived failure of the English government to purify society and the church. |
| | C) | political conflict. |
| | D) | persecution by James I. |
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The "Mayflower Compact" of the Separatists was: |
| | A) | a basis for government devised without a legal basis to do so. |
| | B) | an agreement to organize a colony as provided in their original charter. |
| | C) | a small group of Pilgrims who determined on shipboard that ministers would hold ultimate authority in the colony. |
| | D) | a small floral garden intended to illustrate how God's creation of Eden was a model for society. |
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The Puritans who founded the Massachusetts Bay Company: |
| | A) | received a royal charter with title to most of present-day Massachusetts and New Hampshire. |
| | B) | were abandoning the Anglican church. |
| | C) | had few wealthy members among their ranks. |
| | D) | had an inefficient organizational structure and a sense of disunity within the membership. |
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The description of Massachusetts Bay Colony using the biblical metaphor of a "city upon a hill" relates to the Puritan founders' idea that the colony should: |
| | A) | be separate from the world. |
| | B) | be located on a readily defensible site. |
| | C) | be a refuge for all religious dissenters. |
| | D) | be a model holy commonwealth and staging area for reform of Old England. |
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New England proved a more hospitable site for colonization than the Chesapeake because: |
| | A) | most settlers in New England arrived in family groups, rather than as single indentured servants. |
| | B) | the male settlers were mostly free, skilled, and literate. |
| | C) | most of the settlers arrived in a cluster between 1630 and 1642, creating a sense of solidarity within the community. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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What was Anne Hutchinson's heresy? |
| | A) | She professed that the Spirit of God had taught her that outward works were no indicator of one's inward state of salvation. |
| | B) | She believed that salvation came through grace alone, not works. |
| | C) | She proclaimed that it was acceptable for women to speak out in church. |
| | D) | She proclaimed that the Bay colony was violating God's laws by seizing land from the Indians. |
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Women in New England: |
| | A) | suffered such legal disadvantages as laws that forbade wives from suing or making contracts. |
| | B) | were portrayed in Puritan doctrine as a "necessary evil." |
| | C) | were second-class citizens in the household and in the church. |
| | D) | who seemed suspiciously silent might be accused of witchcraft. |
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The Middle Colonies: |
| | A) | followed the same patterns of settlement as the New England colonies. |
| | B) | discovered cash crops as successful as tobacco, rice, and sugar were in the Southern colonies. |
| | C) | founded stable governments that maintained popular support. |
| | D) | became a region in which a variety of ethnic and religious groups vied for political authority and economic success. |
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The first blacks to arrive in New Amsterdam in 1626 were: |
| | A) | slaves, but some of them were later freed. |
| | B) | slaves who were never freed. |
| | C) | free, but forced to live in a ghetto in New Amsterdam as the Jews were. |
| | D) | free. |
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How did New Netherland become New York? |
| | A) | The Dutch sold it to the English. |
| | B) | The Dutch abandoned it; the English then colonized it. |
| | C) | The English in adjacent areas gradually absorbed the isolated Dutch settlements. |
| | D) | The English ignored Dutch claims and conquered it. |
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The Iroquois tribe: |
| | A) | succumbed to many of the same pressures as the Indians of other regions. |
| | B) | continually shifted their alliance between the French and the English. |
| | C) | destroyed the Hurons with the support of Dutch guns and subsequently founded a political alliance that allowed them to deal effectively with both their Indian enemies and the Europeans. |
| | D) | based their families on patrilineal kinship. |
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Pennsylvania quickly prospered for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Penn's planning and publicity efforts. |
| | B) | Penn's honest dealings with the Indians that preserved peace. |
| | C) | Parliament's generous subsidy. |
| | D) | Pennsylvania's rich farmland and Philadelphia's superb natural harbor. |
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William Penn and the Quakers differed from the Puritans of New England in their belief that: |
| | A) | the government should be based on equality and consent. |
| | B) | the government should promote morality by passing laws. |
| | C) | a model society could be created in America. |
| | D) | the state should not establish a religion. |
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After the Glorious Revolution, English efforts to exercise closer control over the North American colonies: |
| | A) | focused on putting teeth into commercial regulations in order to maximize profits from colonial trade. |
| | B) | continued to increase throughout the 1700s, eliciting growing American resistance. |
| | C) | ended, as the new monarchy sought to consolidate its power at home. |
| | D) | grew substantially but subtly, so that British rule was real though not apparent. |
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