Chapter 2 Review Quiz

Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were

A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was

Which of the following was not a significant outcome of the start of Chesapeake tobacco cultivation?

Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?

Which of the following was not a central theme of Puritan thought?

Which of the following was not a characteristic of early New England society?

The first permanent English settlement in the area now known as the United States was at

The English "enclosure" movement of the 1500s and 1600s forced small farmers off "commons" land so that the land could be taken up by

The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was

A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe

Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?

In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was

In 1600s Virginia, a feme sole could do all of the following except

Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for

In the religious view of the Puritans, you could reach heaven only if

Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 asserted that

The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600s led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?

Which of the following did not happen in the 1630s?

Which of the following crops did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies?

Who was the most prominent Native American leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia?

The Half-Way Covenant applied to whom?

Another name for the Church of England was the

Among the suggested reasons for why the English should colonize the New World were that

One change in Indian life after the English colonists settled was

In the first two years of Jamestown's existence, relations with the Indians were

Pocahontas married

This Indian leader led a surprise attack that killed one-quarter of Virginia's settlers in a single day.

Within the Puritan community, the family was considered the foundation of a strong com-munity, while unmarried persons

In an effort to discourage colonists and prevent newcomers from joining Indian societies, Puritans suggested the "godly society"

The event that started the Pequot War was

Which of the following was not promoted by Oliver Cromwell?

England's ongoing struggle to subdue Ireland delayed its entry into New World colonization.

In Puritan Massachusetts, "visible saint" was a term used to describe people who shunned material goods to aid the poor and sick of the colony.

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.

Seventeenth-century New England quickly developed into a land of large plantations and landless servants.

Most migrants to seventeenth-century New England came out of the poorer reaches of English society.

Most immigrants to America from England in the 1600s were poor, young, single men.

Indenture contracts usually bound indentured servants for periods of five to seven years.

In Puritan New England, a husband's authority in his house was nearly absolute; genuine freedom for a woman was understood to come from her subjection to her husband's will and desires.

At the end of their period of indenture, indentured servants were often given "freedom dues" and became free members of society.

Harvard College was principally founded to educate young men into the ministry.

Intermarriage between Indians and English settlers was common.

The typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.

Colonial Massachusetts was organized into self-governing towns.

In the 1600s in Massachusetts, full church membership was not required to vote in colony-wide elections.

Because Puritan Massachusetts was deeply religious, ministers were frequently elected to colonial offices.

All Pilgrims were Puritans.

The first Thanksgiving celebrated the Pilgrims' survival and a successful harvest.

In 1585, the English attempted to establish Jamestown in North America.

In the 1600s, nearly two-thirds of English settlers came as indentured servants.

John Rolfe married Powhatan's daughter.

Under the headright system, anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants would immediately acquire a large estate.

The "Rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.

Most New England colonists sided with Parliament during the English Civil War.

The early settlers of English America enjoyed the least amount of rights compared to colonists of other empires.

England's king enticed his relatives and allies to the New World by granting them plots of land.

During the early years of English settlement, some people worried the need for wood to build and heat homes would deplete the forests; yet the fur trade increased, as did the population of beaver.

In the Chesapeake region, men outnumbered women for most of the seventeenth century by a ratio of approximately twelve to one.

On completing their terms, each male indentured servant received full church membership and grants of land.