APUSH Chapter 2 and 3

Most seventeenth century English migrants to North American colonies were

• commercial agents

• laborers

• religous dissenters

• aristocrats

The first American college was 

• Yale
• William and Mary 
• Columbia
• Harvard 

In the English colonies, Roman Catholics

• were generally well treated
• were officially illegal 
• made up a large minority population of most colonies 
• suffered their greatest persecution in Maryland

In Puritan New England, participation in town meetings was limited to 

• "selectmen"
• all church members
• adult males who were church members
• all land-owning adults

George Whitefield is associated with the 

• Great Awakening
• Quakers
• founding of the American Baptist Church
• growth of American Catholicism

How were Native Americans impacted by the Age of Exploration?

• They became rich from trading
• They used modern technology to farm more land
• Many died from disease, slavery, and war
• They were able to use written language to become successful

The religious group that wanted to improve the Church of England was which of the following?

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• Quakers
• Anglicans

A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was:

• acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence.

• escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England.

• the profits to be made in trans-Atlantic commerce.

• all of the above

Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?

• Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.

• Unlike slaves, indentured servants were held in bondage only for a limited period of time.

• Like slaves, indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their masters.

• Although servants could anticipate some kind of "freedom dues" (often a piece of land) upon completion of their indenture, many died before their terms expired.

Religious toleration was more pronounced in American than anywhere. 

• True
• False