Religious Revival

After arriving in North America in 1630, the Puritans focused on

• converting American Indians to their religion.

• preventing Quakers from gaining control of the area.

• establishing a colony based on religious principles.

• gaining wealth through trade and commerce.

How did Puritan beliefs affect government in New England during the 1600s?

• Ministers held most of the important government positions.

• Only male church members were allowed to vote.

• Church members appointed the governor of each colony.

• Church members chose not to be involved in government.

In the 1600s, how did Puritan communities react to people who challenged the church?

• They discussed the problems with all church members.

• They encouraged challengers to join the Anglican Church.

• They banished challengers from the community.

• They refused to buy goods from their businesses.

Pennsylvania was established in 1682 as a haven for

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Anglicans

• Catholics

How did the Toleration Act of 1649 show that religious attitudes in the middle colonies were different from the attitudes in New England?

• The law showed that the middle colonies would not tolerate the Puritan beliefs that were common in New England.

• The law showed that the middle colonies wanted to follow European attitudes, not those of New England.

• The law showed that the middle colonies were more tolerant of different religions than the Puritans of New England.

• The law showed that the middle colonies would not follow laws that forced them to be tolerant, unlike the New England colonies.

How did living on plantations in the southern colonies in the 1600s affect the way people practiced religion?

• Each plantation had its own church with its own minister who lived there.

• Most plantation owners shunned religion because it preached against slavery.

• Few people attended regular church services because they lived too far away.

• People were very strict and traveled great distances to attend regular services.

What was the main reason for the shortage of priests in Virginia in the 1600s?

• The Anglican Church refused to send priests to the colonies.

• The Anglican Church required priests to be trained in England.

• Priests often chose not to reside in close proximity to American Indians.

• Priests did not want to travel the long distances between settlements.

The Religious Society of Friends was a colonial group that was also known as

• Anglicans

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Quakers

During the 1600s, the Quakers of the middle colonies believed that

• women should not be part of the church.

• all people should be Quakers.

• church rituals were not very important.

• the church should control the government.

By the early 1700s, religious influence in the American colonies

• had extended into all governments.

• had been completely erased.

• had begun to decline.

• had become a basis for new laws.