Dissenters in Colonial New England

Who were the two dissenters in colonial New England?

• Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

• John Winthrop and Thomas Pickering

• Abraham Lincoln and George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin

Why did the Puritan authorities put Anne Hutchinson on trial?

• Because she claimed to receive divine revelation from God

• Because she encouraged women to study the Bible on their own

• Because she presumed to be able to teach men as well

• All of the above

What was the outcome of Anne Hutchinson's trial?

• She was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony

• She was executed

• She was acquitted

• She was imprisoned

What were Roger Williams' views on religious toleration?

• He believed in complete religious freedom for all

• He believed in mandatory attendance at worship

• He believed in paying taxes to support ministers and build churches

• He believed in converting all inhabitants to his own religion

Where did Roger Williams establish a new settlement?

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• New York

• Salem

What did Roger Williams challenge in the bay colony's Charter?

• The right to take land from Indians without just compensation

• The right to establish a hierarchical religious hierarchy

• The right to impose taxes on the colonists

• The right to banish dissenters

What did Anne Hutchinson believe about women?

• They were more inherently sinful than men

• They were less inherently sinful than men

• They were equally sinful as men

• They were sinless

What did Anne Hutchinson encourage women to do?

• Study the Bible on their own

• Trust their own interpretations of the Bible

• Challenge the authority of Puritan ministers

• All of the above

What was the punishment for Anne Hutchinson's dissenting views?

• Banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Execution

• Imprisonment

• Public shaming

What did the dissenters in colonial New England contribute to the American ethos?

• Diversity and liberality

• Unity and conformity

• Tradition and conservatism

• Innovation and progress