Question 1

How did most Puritans view the separation of church and state?

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A)   They were so determined to keep them apart that they banned ministers from holding office, fearing that they would enact proreligious legislation.
B)   They allowed church and state to be interconnected by requiring each town to establish a church and levy a tax to support the minister.
C)   The Massachusetts Bay Colony endorsed the Puritan faith but allowed anyone the freedom to practice or not practice religion.
D)   They had never even heard of the concept.
E)   They invented the concept but refused to indulge in it.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

The separation of church and state in Massachusetts during the seventeenth century:

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A)   was strictly enforced.
B)   was similar to Virginia's colonial government.
C)   is similar to the way the government is conducted in today's United States.
D)   does not resemble today's U.S. government.
E)   was influenced by the Dutch colonies.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 3

Just as the reconquest of Spain from the Moors established patterns that would be repeated in Spanish New World colonization, the methods used in which of the following countries anticipated policies England would undertake in America?

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A)   Ireland.
B)   India.
C)   China.
D)   Scotland.
E)   Wales.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Growing connections with Europeans lessened warfare between Indian tribes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

During the reign of _______, the English government turned its attention to North America by granting charters to Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh for the establishment of colonies there.

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A)   Henry VIII
B)   Mary I
C)   James I
D)   James II
E)   Elizabeth IF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Elizabeth I

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Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Half-Way Covenant

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A)  principles of religious toleration
B)  believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons
C)  gave five to seven years of service for passage to America
D)  first elected assembly in colonial America
E)  charter company that established JamestownF) first written frame of government in British AmericaG) a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great MigrationH) primary crop of the Chesapeake coloniesI) argued that the Church of England was still too CatholicJ) granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passageK) a political movement favoring expanded libertiesL) written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedomM) B) and F)
N) A) and B)

Question 8

The headright system led to fewer people from England coming to Virginia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why did Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh fail in their attempts to colonize the New World?

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A)   The government provided insufficient financial support.
B)   They were more interested in agriculture than in trade, and they chose areas without good farmland.
C)   They tried to set up colonies on the coast of Florida, and the Spanish fought off their attempts.
D)   Native Americans attacked the settlers, driving them from the land.
E)   They tried to mingle Protestants and Catholics, who were unable to get along.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

During the seventeenth century, indentured servants:

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A)   made up less than one-third of English settlers in America.
B)   had to surrender their freedom for a minimum of ten years to come to the colonies.
C)   suffered a high death rate.
D)   had to pay half of the fare to get them to the New World.
E)   were almost entirely Irish.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Magna Carta

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A)  principles of religious toleration
B)  believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons
C)  gave five to seven years of service for passage to America
D)  first elected assembly in colonial America
E)  charter company that established JamestownF) first written frame of government in British AmericaG) a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great MigrationH) primary crop of the Chesapeake coloniesI) argued that the Church of England was still too CatholicJ) granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passageK) a political movement favoring expanded libertiesL) written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedomM) I) and K)
N) D) and E)

Question 12

The Native American leader Powhatan:

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A)   tried to avoid trade with the colonists because he believed it would destroy Native American culture.
B)   managed to consolidate control over thousands of Indians.
C)   was the brother of Pocahontas.
D)   invited the colonists to feasts with his tribe and then slaughtered eighty Virginia settlers.
E)   won the respect of the colonists when he defeated John Smith in a wrestling match.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-headright system

Accepted Answer

A)  principles of religious toleration
B)  believed the spirit of God dwelled in all persons
C)  gave five to seven years of service for passage to America
D)  first elected assembly in colonial America
E)  charter company that established JamestownF) first written frame of government in British AmericaG) a religious compromise for the descendants of the Great MigrationH) primary crop of the Chesapeake coloniesI) argued that the Church of England was still too CatholicJ) granted fifty acres to anyone who paid his own passageK) a political movement favoring expanded libertiesL) written in 1215, this document was said to embody English freedomM) D) and I)
N) A) and F)

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Pocahontas

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A)  proprietor of Maryland
B)  intermediary
C)  introduced West Indies tobacco
D)  leader of Indians near Jamestown
E)  governor of MassachusettsF) his settlement at Roanoke Island failedG) was denounced for AntinomianismH) Indian who helped the PilgrimsI) French-born theologian who influenced the PuritansJ) established Rhode IslandK) A Discourse Concerning Western PlantingL) early leader of JamestownM) A) and C)
N) B) and C)

Question 15

In 1607, the colonists who sailed to Jamestown on three small ships:

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A)   were funded entirely by the queen's government.
B)   chose an inland site partly to avoid the possibility of attack by Spanish warships.
C)   were officers and sailors in the British Royal Navy.
D)   built a colony at Cape Henry in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
E)   were members of Puritan congregations in search of religious freedom.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 16

Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?

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A)   Because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic.
B)   Because of the Spanish Armada's successful invasion of Great Britain in 1588.
C)   Because Spain had allied with France to invade English colonies in the New World.
D)   Because one of Henry VIII's beheaded wives was a Spanish princess, and the Spanish government announced it would be at war with England until Henry apologized.
E)   Because both the English and Spanish royal families laid claim to the Irish throne.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

For most New Englanders, Indians represented:

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A)   savagery.
B)   teachers.
C)   curiosities.
D)   culture.
E)   survival.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true of Queen Mary of England, who took the throne in 1553?

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A)   She ascended to the throne immediately after a long period of civil war and successfully unified the nation.
B)   Her refusal to marry led to her designation as "the Virgin Queen," after whom Virginia was named.
C)   When the Pope refused to allow her to divorce her French royal husband, she founded an independent Church of England.
D)   She temporarily restored Catholicism as the state religion of England.
E)   Under her authority, colonists established the first permanent English settlement in North America.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 19

It can be argued that conflict between the English settlers and local Indians in Virginia became inevitable when:

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A)   the Native Americans realized that England wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony, not just a trading post.
B)   Pocahontas married John Rolfe.
C)   the House of Burgesses passed a law ordering Native Americans out of the colony.
D)   Powhatan led an attack against the English settlers in 1644.
E)   Spain formed a military alliance with Powhatan.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 20

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-New England merchant elite

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