History Ch. 4

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After having spent a great deal of time with Native Americans, Roger Williams believed what about the Indians?
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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?"
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Rhode Island
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How did King Henry VIII respond to the Protestant Reformation?
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He made himself the head of the Church of England
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What did English Puritans emphasize instead of Catholic rituals?
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A personal relationship with God
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How did Puritans react when King Charles I dissolved Parliament in 1629?
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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?
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That the Church of England was corrupt beyond redemption
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Why was the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company unique?
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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?
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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?
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John Winthrop
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Unlike most other immigrant groups in American history, the migration to Puritan New England included _______________________?
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A great number of complete families
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According to the Puritan doctrine of predestination, how could one achieve salvation after death ?
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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?
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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?
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A reinforcement of community conformity
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How did the Boston church punish Anne Hutchinson?
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Excommunication
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What was seventeenth-century New England's biggest export?
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fish
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Which factor allowed New England's population to continue to grow steadily during the seventeenth century?
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The cold weather minimized the spread of life-threatening illnesses
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What problem did the Halfway Covenant address?
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Declining church membership
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What did members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, believe?
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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?
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Older women
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Compared to the colonies to the north and south, the population of New Netherland was _________________?
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More diverse
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What major change occurred in New Netherland in 1664?
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It became New York
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What was William Penn's goal for his new colony?
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To establish a genuinely Quaker colony in the Americas
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Who served as leaders of Quaker congregations?
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Ordinary men and women
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Describe the official Indian policy in seventeenth-century Pennsylvania.
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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?
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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?
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to yield revenues for the crown and English merchants
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Why did the Wampanoag Indians attack New England settlements in 1675?
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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?
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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?
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Catholicism
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What became the defining characteristic of Massachusetts citizenship after it became a royal colony in 1691?
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wealth