US History - Quiz 1

These were pacifist religious dissidents who allegedly feared only God, but not animals or men.

• Quakers

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration

This was the primary founding member of the Puritan colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

• John Winthrop

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration

These colonies/this region initially relied on agriculture but soon transitioned to fishing and commerce due to the colder climate.

• New England Colonies

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration

These were white Europeans who paid for their voyage to the New World by signing labor contracts.

• indentured servants

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration

This was the primary founding member of the Quaker colony in Pennsylvania.

• William Penn

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration

This was one of the first colonial representative assemblies, located in the Colony of Virginia.

• House of Burgesses

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration

In government, this is the term used to describe a legislative body that represents the electorate. These positions can be filled by state appointment or through democratic means.

• parliament

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• House of Burgesses

This term refers collectively to two joint-stock companies chartered under James I on April 10, 1606 with the goal of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.

• Virginia Company

• John Winthrop

• Church of England

• Common Book of Prayer

This is a term used to describe cruel and oppressive rule by a government or leader.

• tyranny

• monarchy

• pilgrims

• indentured servants

This was the policy of relative noninterference with colonial social, economic, and political life by the English and later British Crown from roughly 1607-1754.

• benign neglect

• Acts of Uniformity

• Acts of Supremacy

• religious toleration