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HIS121DO5P Chap 3
US History 1 Chapter 3 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| English Puritans demanded A) purging the Church of England of Catholic influences. B) greater power for the House of Commons. C) ending slavery. D) separation of church and state. | A |
| What characterized joint-stock companies? A) English royal subsidies B) Unlimited liability for stockholders C) Perpetual life D) Immediate and magnificent profits | |
| True or False Both the Plymouth and London companies received charters to settle Virginia because no one had a very clear idea of what Virginia's boundaries were. | |
| True or False Both the Plymouth and London companies received charters to settle Virginia because one company had friends in the House of Commons and the other had friends in the House of Lords. | |
| True or False Both the Plymouth and London companies received charters to settle Virginia because one company was Catholic, and the other was Protestant. | |
| True or False Both the Plymouth and London companies received charters to settle Virginia because each company represented factions within the King's court. | |
| What happened to the settlers at Roanoke Colony? | No one really knows |
| By 1610, the Jamestown settlement looked like a failure. What saved it? | The discovery that a strain of tobacco could be grown there |
| How did the Virginia Company encourage settlers to move to the colony? | It granted fifty acres of land to anyone who brought in a new settler |
| Th house of Burgesses was established as the governing body for A) Maryland B) Virginia C) Connecticut D) the Massachusetts Bay Colony | |
| Catholics in Maryland A) had much greater influence than the poorer, but more numerous Protestants. B) never held control of the colony C) generally avoided politics D) experienced sever persecution from the crown because of their large numbers | |
| The rhythms of work and play in Maryland and Virginia were sett by A) English customs, growing out of the Middle Ages B) traditional Indian customs C) the calendar of the Church of England D) the demands of growing tobacco and preparing it for market | |
| Who did the work on the tobacco plantations during the early years of Virginia and Maryland? A) Indians captured in raids B) African Slaves C) small farmers who owned their own land D) English indentured servants | |
| Many indentured servants in Virginia A) ran away and joined Indian tribes B) returned to England C) died before completing their terms of service D) became wealthy tobacco growers | |
| The Separatists from Scrooby Village differed from the Puritans because they A) refused to remain part of the Church of England B) had good relations with James I C) did not wish to migrate to the New World D) were very wealthy | |
| The Mayflower Compact was unique in that it A) included Indians in decision making B) gave women the vote C) gave votes to men without regard to their religion D) permitted poor men to participate in making laws | |
| In contrast to the Virginia colonists, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was known for its A) religious tolerant B) reliance on indentured servitude C) fine quality tobacco D) religious mission | |
| "Hiving off" referred to A) the crown's practice of dividing colonies into smaller entities B) Puritans leaving the church C) settlers creating new towns D) working in seaports rather than on farms | |
| Which statement best describes an edeal of family life in colonial Massachusetts? A) Women are adornments to society with no practical use B) Men are the undisputed masters of their household C) Nothing should prevent children's essential innocence fro | |
| What did John Winthrop mean by calling Massachusetts a "city upon a hill"? A) Massachusetts settler should make converting Indians their priority B) Massachusetts should allow all persons to worship God as they see fit C) Massachusetts should establish | |
| Roger Williams, banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded A) Pennsylvania B) Connecticut C) Rhode Island D) New Jersey |