Quiz: Chapter 3

1. All of the following were tenets of Calvinism EXCEPT that

• a. God is all knowing and all powerful.
• b. By doing good deeds in life, people could earn a place in God's kingdom in the afterlife.
• c. It was predetermined which souls would go to heaven.
• d. Only during conversion might one receive a sign that he or she has been saved.
• e. Human beings were weak and prone to sin.

2. Why did the Separatists who fled London for Holland eventually settle in the New World?

• a. They were impressed by tales of great riches.
• b. England enticed them to the colonies with promises of religious freedom and assistance.
• c. They were worried about the "Dutchification" of their children and wanted to practice their religion as English citizens.
• d. They were enticed by friends and relatives who already relocated to the colonies.
• e. They envisioned great financial opportunities for husbands and sons through an alliance with the Virginia Company.

3. The Mayflower Compact is significant because it

• a. Was the first constitution in the English colonies.
• b. Guaranteed religious freedom to all settlers.
• c. Was a first step toward colonial self-government.
• d. Included signatures of men and women who arrived on the Mayflower.
• e. Granted each settler 50 acres of land.

4. What did Massachusetts governor John Winthrop mean when he said, "We shall be as a city upon a hill."?

• a. He envisioned the Massachusetts Bay Company as becoming the most economically successful British colony.
• b. He hoped the colony would become a holy society that would serve as a model for people everywhere.
• c. He was referring to Boston as the city where elite, wealthy, and well-educated people would settle and set an example for other colonists.
• d. He was describing Boston as the seat of English colonial government.
• e. He wanted the colony to provide public education for all citizens and believed an educated populace was the key to success in all colonies.

5. What was the single most important qualification for voting, above all others, in the provincial governments of Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• a. Land ownership.
• b. Male status.
• c. English citizenship.
• d. Tax-paying status.
• e. Church membership.

6. Today, both Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams are considered heroes for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

• a. Challenged Puritan orthodoxy.
• b. Were exiled for their beliefs.
• c. Inspired dissent within the Puritan Church.
• d. Founded successful colonies elsewhere.
• e. Questioned colonial customs and practices.

7. How did Indians resist English encroachment on their land?

• a. By forging intertribal alliances.
• b. By agreeing to convert to the Puritan faith.
• c. By seeking peaceful, cooperative use of the land.
• d. By arranging marriages between Indians and settlers.
• e. By seeking assistance from sympathetic colonists and Englishmen.

8. Established in 1686, the Dominion of New England was

• a. The name given to the colonial militia.
• b. England's attempt to consolidate and better control its northeastern colonies.
• c. The first colonial confederation stressing independent self-rule.
• d. A religious organization established by the colonists to replace the Church of England.
• e. A charter company that was granted settlement rights to the areas that would become Maine and New Hampshire.

9. The Dutch colony of New Netherland finally became the English colony of New York as a result of

• a. Increased English immigration and settlement in the region.
• b. The mismanagement and bankruptcy of the Dutch West India Company.
• c. The inability of the Dutch to defend the colony against Indian attacks and encroachment by other European settlers.
• d. The sale of the colony to England by the Dutch West India Company.
• e. A battle by the English against Dutch forces in New Amsterdam.

10. Which of the following statements about the Pennsylvania colony is NOT true?

• a. It was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
• b. Organizers widely advertised to draw prospective settlers from several European countries.
• c. Relations between early colonists and Indians were initially tense.
• d. Its founder wanted to experiment with liberal forms of government.
• e. Generous land policies attracted large numbers of immigrants.

11. What were "blue laws"?

• a. Legal codes that regulated who could vote.
• b. Laws that determined which religions would be permitted to settle in a given region.
• c. Codes that regulated acceptable social behaviors.
• d. The rules that guided how large a tract of land a person would receive.
• e. Tariffs placed on certain imported goods.

12. The Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and First Frame of Government in Pennsylvania are all evidence of

• a. Adherence to religious law in the colonies.
• b. Democracy in the British colonies.
• c. Early American criminal and civil laws.
• d. Colonists' desire for freedom from Great Britain.
• e. Peace treaties between colonists and Native Americans.

13. The middle colonies are considered by some to be the most American part of America for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

• a. The population was more ethnically mixed than in other regions.
• b. There was an unusual degree of religious tolerance.
• c. Desirable land was more available than in the South and New England.
• d. Economic and social democracy prevailed in most areas.
• e. Settlers avoided purchasing and using slave labor.

14. Which is NOT a fact about the Pennsylvania colony?

• a. It was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
• b. Organizers widely advertised to draw prospective settlers from several European countries.
• c. Relations between early colonists and Indians were initially tense.
• d. Its founder wanted to experiment with liberal forms of government.
• e. Generous land policies attracted large numbers of immigrants.

15. The middle colonies - New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania - all had what trait in common?

• a. Rich, fertile soil that enabled the region to produce and export vast quantities of grain.
• b. A population that was less ethnically and religiously mixed than other regions.
• c. Soil that was typically rocky and often difficult to farm.
• d. Landholdings that were generally small in size.
• e. Few industries or port cities for trade with England and other colonies.