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Chapter 3 Test

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement.
a.
William Bradford
g.
Pilgrims
b.
Roger Williams
h.
Restoration
c.
Great Awakening
i.
Anne Hutchinson
d.
Puritans
j.
Quakers
e.
John Winthrop
k.
Separatists
f.
Glorious Revolution
l.
Great Migration
 

1. 

series of religious revivals in the English colonies
 

2. 

claimed to receive religious insights directly from God
 

3. 

group that had no formal clergy
 

4. 

Protestants who had broken away from the Anglican Church
 

5. 

radical group associated with the Mayflower Compact
 

6. 

event during which more than 40,000 Puritans moved from England to the Americas
 

7. 

bloodless rebellion during which William and Mary gained power
 

8. 

was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
 

9. 

period following the death of Oliver Cromwell
 

10. 

Protestants who wanted to remove all Catholic rituals and traditions from the Anglican Church
 

Short Answer
 
 
Colonial Populations in 1680 and 1750
 
1680
1750
Connecticut
17,246
111,280
Georgia
*
5,200
Delaware
1,005
28,704
Maryland
17,904
141,073
Massachusetts
46,152
188,000
New Hampshire
2,047
27,505
New Jersey
3,400
71,393
New York
9,830
76,696
North Carolina
5,430
72,984
Pennsylvania
680
119,666
Rhode Island
3,017
33,226
South Carolina
1,200
64,000
Virginia
43,596
231,033
*Georgia did not become a colony until 1732.
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States
 

11. 

What were the two most populous colonies in 1680?
 

12. 

Which colony gained the largest number of settlers between 1680 and 1750?
 

13. 

Which two colonies had the smallest populations in 1750?
 

Essay
 

14. 

What was the Iroquois League and why was it so powerful?
 

15. 

What was life like for New England families?
 

Other
 
 
Write T if the statement is true or F if it is false.  If a statement is false, explain why.
 

16. 

______ Predestination was one of the beliefs of the Puritans.

_________________________________________________________________
 

17. 

______ Religious conflicts caused the French and Indian War.

_________________________________________________________________
 

18. 

______ Virginia land speculators bought land in the Ohio Valley, hoping to sell it later for a profit.

_________________________________________________________________
 

19. 

______ Most large families in New England did not need slaves or indentured servants.

_________________________________________________________________
 

20. 

______ Some colonial witchcraft trials may have occurred because men did not want women to be independent.

_________________________________________________________________
 

21. 

______ France settled most of the land it claimed in North America.

_________________________________________________________________
 

22. 

______ Britain was victorious in the French and Indian War.

_________________________________________________________________
 

23. 

______ The Georgia colony was planned by James Oglethorpe.

_________________________________________________________________
 

24. 

______ The French and Indian War had its beginnings in Europe.

_________________________________________________________________
 

25. 

______ The Iroquois League was established by Great Britain as a way to maintain control of American Indians.

_________________________________________________________________
 

26. 

______ The Chesapeake planters preferred indentured servants to slaves.

_________________________________________________________________
 

27. 

______ The fur trade did not change the way American Indians lived.

_________________________________________________________________
 

28. 

______ Most white colonists came to the Chesapeake as indentured servants.

_________________________________________________________________
 
 
For each of the following statements or questions, identify the letter of the best choice. Next, expand on the subject by answering the second question.
 

29. 

A series of witchcraft trials that resulted in the hangings of 19 people occurred in
a. Boston.
c. Plymouth.
b. Salem.
d. Provincetown.

According to modern historians, what were some of the possible causes of the witchcraft trials and executions?

_________________________________________________________________
 

30. 

Charles II gave eight people a charter for the colony of
a. Georgia.
c. Delaware.
b. Carolina.
d. New Jersey.

Why were these people given the colony?

_________________________________________________________________
 

31. 

Cecilius Calvert wanted the colony of Maryland to be a haven for fellow
a. Quakers.
c. Protestants.
b. Roman Catholics.
d. Puritans.

Why was he unsuccessful in creating such a haven?

_________________________________________________________________
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

32. 

The most important crop in the Chesapeake and Virginia was
a.
corn.
c.
cotton.
b.
indigo.
d.
tobacco.
 

33. 

Most Puritans
a.
left England.
c.
supported Oliver Cromwell.
b.
left the Anglican Church.
d.
were Separatists.
 

34. 

New England women generally
a.
were the main providers for their families.
b.
did not accept their social roles.
c.
were expected to obey their husbands.
d.
worked in the fields.
 

35. 

The first written constitution in the colonies was the
a.
Mayflower Compact.
c.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
b.
Toleration Act.
d.
Albany Plan of Union.
 

36. 

The New England Way referred to
a.
a method of contour farming.
b.
a book of sayings about religious tolerance.
c.
a law that required that individual towns maintain schools.
d.
cooperation between church and state.
 

37. 

The Thanksgiving holiday tradition owes much to the Wampanoag and the kindness of
a.
Metacomet.
c.
Pocahontas.
b.
Miantonomo.
d.
Squanto.
 

38. 

The colony that was supposed to help England’s poor was
a.
Georgia.
c.
Delaware.
b.
New York.
d.
New Jersey.
 

39. 

Which of the following DOES NOT describe life in New England?
a.
There was little need for extra laborers.
b.
Families were small.
c.
Disease posed no great problem.
d.
Food was plentiful.
 

40. 

The colony that began as a “Holy Experiment” was
a.
New Amsterdam.
c.
Pennsylvania.
b.
Delaware.
d.
Georgia.
 

41. 

The Quakers were
a.
wealthy plantation owners.
c.
members of a Protestant sect.
b.
led by Cecilius Calvert.
d.
members of a Catholic sect.
 

42. 

Bacon’s Rebellion occurred because
a.
the settlers wanted more American Indian land for farming.
b.
indentured servants were buying all of the available land.
c.
Nathaniel Bacon was against the planting of tobacco.
d.
the House of Burgesses was against the settlers.
 

43. 

The revolution in ideas that emphasized human reason was known as the
a.
Enlightenment.
c.
Glorious Revolution.
b.
Restoration.
d.
Great Awakening.
 

44. 

What is the name of the difficult ocean journey that was endured by slaves?
a.
Ocean Passage
c.
Middle Passage
b.
Moving Passage
d.
Slave Passage
 

45. 

The planter who organized an army of western Virginia settlers and attacked American Indians on the frontier was
a.
Charles Whitefield.
c.
William Pitt.
b.
Edmund Andros.
d.
Nathaniel Bacon.
 

46. 

The document that established a self-governing colony based on majority rule of male church members was the
a.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
c.
Toleration Act.
b.
Mayflower Compact.
d.
Albany Plan of Union.
 



 
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