U.S. HISTORY Chapter 2 Test Practice

If the statement is True, write True in the blank provided. If the statement is False, write False. 1. Harvard was America’s first college.

• True

• False

If the statement is True, write True in the blank provided. If the statement is False, write False. 2. King Charles I was involved in establishing the southern colonies.

• True

• False

The Toleration Act of 1649 granted religious freedom to all settlers in Massachusetts.

• True

• False

If the statement is True, write True in the blank provided. If the statement is False, write False. 4. The Pilgrims were Separatists, not Puritans.

• True

• False

If the statement is True, write True in the blank provided. If the statement is False, write False. 5. The Dutch fought the English fiercely for many years over control of New Netherland.

• True

• False

If the statement is True, write True in the blank provided. If the statement is False, write False. 6. Headrights offered by the Virginia Company were a means of obtaining land in the colonies.

• True

• False

The Pilgrims left Holland because

• the Dutch government banned their religion.

• the Dutch culture was affecting the Pilgrims’ children.

• the Pilgrims were facing financial hardship.

• the Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Church of Holland.

The House of Burgesses was

• the first self-governing assembly in America.

• the home of the governor in Virginia.

• the financial backer of the Pennsylvania colony.

• the first church in Maryland.

Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire all

• promoted Anglicanism.

• were started by gold seekers.

• promoted Puritanism exclusively.

• were started by settlers from Massachusetts.

What was the primary motivation for the settlement of Massachusetts?

• religious freedom

• financial opportunity

• reform of debtors

• political freedom