When Georgia was founded in 1732, settlers in the British colonies to the north hoped that it would serve as a "buffer colony" to protect them from

• the Shawnee to the west and the Creek to the south.

• criminals from Jamaica and the Bahamas.

• slaves escaping from Haiti and Barbados.

• the French in Louisiana and the Spanish in Florida.

Why was Georgia referred to as a "debtor colony"?

• It was so successful that its founder was able to pay off a debt he owed the king.

• It was founded as a prison colony for people who were too deeply in debt to ever pay their bills.

• It was so poorly run that its founder was soon hopelessly in debt to the king.

• It was founded as a place where people who were poor or in debt could make a fresh start in life.

Unlike Puritan women in Massachusetts Bay Colony, Quaker women in colonial Pennsylvania could

• vote and run for public office.

• preach and serve as missionaries.

• own their own property after they were married.

• keep the wages they earned after they were married.

Which statement best describes the relationship between European settlers and American Indians in Pennsylvania?

• The original Quaker settlers maintained peaceful relations with American Indians, but later settlers fought to take Indian land.

• The relationship between the original Quaker settlers and American Indians was tense, and that relationship only grew worse over time.

• The original Quaker settlers maintained peaceful relations with American Indians, and they fought other Europeans who wanted to take their land.

• The relationship between the original Quaker settlers and American Indians was tense, but later settlers worked to improve the relationship.

Which statement best describes how the early commercial success of Philadelphia changed the culture of the Pennsylvania colony?

• It made it less ethnically diverse.

• It made it less democratic.

• It made it less tolerant.

• It made it less religious.

In 1681, William Penn established Pennsylvania as a colony with religious freedom for

• anyone baptized a Christian.

• Quakers only.

• anyone who believed in God.

• Protestants only.

In 1664, the brother of England's King Charles II sent four ships to New Netherlands to try to take the colony from the Dutch. What was the outcome of this confrontation?

• The Dutch surrendered without a fight.

• The English retreated without firing a shot.

• The local American Indians mediated a settlement.

• The two nations fought the bitter Seven Years War.

To encourage the development of New Netherlands, the Dutch West India Company placed few restrictions on who could settle there. This created a colony with

• a very weak economy.

• a highly religious culture.

• a very diverse population.

• a highly democratic government.

It were better that ten suspected witches should escape than one innocent person be condemned.—Harvard President Increase Mather, reacting to the Salem Witch Trails in 1692

Increase Mather was an important Puritan leader in the late 1600s. What does Mather's comment suggest about the significance of the Salem Witch Trials?

• They convinced Puritans that public trials should be banned.

• They convinced Puritans that most witches were harmless.

• They led Puritan leaders to question whether witches really existed.

• They led Puritan leaders to question whether such trials were just.

Under the Massachusetts Bay Colony's theocratic system, which of the following was true?

• Puritans were exempt from certain laws.

• Only Puritans could vote for governor.

• Only Puritans could own businesses.

• Puritans were exempt from paying taxes.