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- 1. Multiple Choice
The principal motivation shaping the earliest settlements in New England wasthe desire for political freedomreligious commitment and devotioneconomic opportunity and the chance of a better life.a spirit of adventure and interest in epxloring the New World - 2. Multiple ChoiceCompared with the Plymouth Colony, the Massachusetts Bay Colony wasdedicated to complete seperation from the Church of Englandafflicted with corrupt and incompetent leadersmore focuse on religious rather than political libertylarger and more prosperous economically
- 3. Multiple ChoiceOne reason that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was not a true democracy is thatonly church members could vote for the governor and the General Courtpolitical offices were dominated by the clergypeople were not permitted to discuss issues freely in their own townsthe governor and his assistans were appointed rather than elected.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe essential heresy that cause Anne Hutchinson to be convicted and banished from Massachusetts Bay was her declared belief thatthe gov't of John Winthrop was corrupt and tyrannicalthe Puritan elect were just as singful and those who had been "predestined" to damnationShe had received a direct revelation from God that the saved did not need to obey either human or divine lawthe Bible did not teach that a personal conversion experience was necessary for salvation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRoger Williams based the religious freedom of his colony of Rhode Island on his belief thatit really did not matter what religious beliefs people held, because all were more or less equalthe corrupt Massachusetts Bay colony had proved that religious uniformity did not workpolitical democracy inevitably required freedom of speech and religioncivil gov't had no right to regulate religious behavior or individual conscience
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following New England settlements did not become a separate colony, but remained under the direct control of Massachusetts?ConnecticutNew HampshireNew HavenMaine
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Indian tribe that the Pilgrim colonists in New England first encountered were theIroquoisWampanoagsNarragansettsHurons
- 8. Multiple ChoiceKing Philip's War representedthe 1st serious military conflict between New England colonists and the English Kingan example of the disastrous divisions among the Wampanoags, Pequots, and Narragansettsthe last major Indian effort to halt New Englanders' encroachment on their landa relatively minor conflict in terms of actual fighting and casualties
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe primary value of the New England Confederation lay inrestoring harmony between Rhode Island and the other New England coloniesPromoting better relations between New ENgland colonists and their Indian neighborsenabling the smaller New England colonies to obtain equality with Massachusettsproviding the first small step on the road to intercolonial cooperation
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe event that sparked the collapse of the Dominion of New England wasKing Philip's Warthe revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's charterGovernor Andros's harsh attacks on colonial libertiesthe Glorious Revolution in England
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Dutch Colony of New Netherlandwas harshly and undemocratically governedcontained little ethnic diversitywas developed as a haven for persecuted Dutch Calvinistsenjoyed prosperity and peace under the policies of the Dutch West Indian Company
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe short-lived colony conquered by Dutch New Netherland in 1655 wasNew JerseyNew FranceNew EnglandNew Sweden
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWilliam Penn's colony of Pennsylvaniasought settlers primarily from England and Scotlandexperienced continuing warfare with neighboring Indian tribesactively sought settlers from Germany and other non-British countriesset up the Quaker religion as its tax-supported established church
- 14. Multiple ChoiceBesides Pennsylvania, Quakers were also heavily involved in the early settlement of bothNew Jersey and New YorkNew Jersey and DelawareNew Netherlands and New YorkMaryland and Delaware
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delawaredepended almost entirely on industry rather than agriculture for their prosperityhad powerful established churches that suppressed religious dissentersrelied heavily on slave labor for their agriculturehad more ethnic diversity than either New England or southern colonies
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