AP US History - Unit 2 - L2 Regions of British Colonies

Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 because she

• violated Puritan laws regarding marriage

• advocated the inclusion of American Indians in Puritan congregations

• was a Quaker who sought converts

• challenged the religious beliefs of the colony’s leaders

Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the seventeenth century were primarily seeking to

• recreate an Old World feudalistic society in the New World

• create a perfect religious commonwealth as an example to the rest of the world

• profit economically

• increase the glory of Great Britain

Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century?

• The colonial government officially supported religious toleration.

• Colonial officials strictly separated church and state.

• Colonial officials encouraged churches to incorporate Catholic elements of worship.

• Church membership was required for voting and holding public office.

In the seventeenth century, the earliest British colonies in Virginia were saved from economic ruin by

• the introduction of price controls on agricultural commodities

• the introduction of tobacco cultivation

• formal trade treaties with American Indians

• the extension of the western frontiers

In the eighteenth century, colonial Virginia and colonial Massachusetts were most alike in that both

• relied on the marketing of a single crop

• were royal colonies

• were heavily dependent on slave labor

• had an established Anglican church

A majority of the early English migrants to the Chesapeake Bay area were

• families with young children

• indentured servants

• wealthy gentlemen

• merchants and craftsmen

In the Colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT their

• refusal to pay taxes

• acceptance of a greater role for women in public worship

• advocacy of freedom of worship

• refusal to bear arms

The system of indentured labor used during the Colonial period had which of the following effects?

• It enabled England to deport most criminals.

• It enabled poor people to seek opportunity in America.

• It delayed the establishment of slavery in the South until about 1750.

• It facilitated the cultivation of cotton in the South.

The introduction of tobacco during the early 1600s in the Virginia colony led to the

• devastating period of disease called the starving time

• use of indentured servants, and later enslaved Africans, for agricultural labor

• concentration of settlers and farms into small village communities

• emergence of peaceful and cooperative relationships with neighboring American Indian peoples

New England Puritans sought primarily to create which of the following in Massachusetts?

• A missionary community focused on converting American Indians to Christianity

• Town meetings at which all adult males could vote

• A model community promoting government by strict religious principles

• A society founded on the principles of religious toleration