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For whom did the Massachusetts Bay Colony provide a safe religious haven?

people of all beliefs

Puritans and Separatists

Puritans only

Church of England members

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As governor of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant

forced colonists to pay high taxes.

granted colonists full religious freedom.

prohibited colonists from enslaving workers.

forced colonists to live with poor sanitation.

Who was Metacomet?

a Pequot chief

a Wampanoag chief

a Narragansett chief

a colonial governor

A result of the declining role of religion in Puritan society during the late 1600s was the

Frame of Government.

trial of Peter Zenger.

Salem Witch Trials.

policy of salutary neglect.

Salutary neglect is best defined as

the ability to elect people who make up the government.

the right to print criticism of officials as long as it is true.

the theory that colonies exist to benefit their mother country.

the policy of overlooking certain things in order to get positive results.

What started the Yamasee War between settlers and Indigenous people in South Carolina in 1715?

The Yamasee attacked Jamestown and burned it to the ground.

Settlers allied with the Tuscarora attacked the Yamasee.

Settlers attacked the Yamasee for encroaching on their land.

The Yamasee attacked white traders and their families in South Carolina.

Why did William Penn establish the colony of Pennsylvania?

to provide a refuge for Quakers

to create new trading markets

to provide a refuge for English Catholics

to earn money for the Dutch West India Company

Why was the Massachusetts Bay Company formed?

to establish the Mayflower Compact

to establish the Jamestown settlement

to establish a Pilgrim colony in the New World

to establish a Puritan colony in the New World

Which statement best explains why the colony of New York had a diverse population?

The colony was settled by people from several European countries.

The colony was settled by Quakers, who were tolerant of other religions.

The colony was settled by Catholics, who were tolerant of other religions.

The colony was settled by Caribbean colonists and their enslaved workers.

During the early days of their establishment, New Netherland and Pennsylvania both

had good relations with American Indians.

had poor relations with American Indians.

restricted the freedom of religion.

split into separate English colonies.

New England colonists struggled to export goods to England because

there were very few colonial cities.

the colonies did not have any resources to export.

the colonies could not compete with Plymouth.

agriculture was already a major challenge for the colonists.

What was one reason New England colonies required larger towns to hire teachers?

They believed reading and writing were necessary to study the Bible.

It helped unify their towns which typically had diverse populations.

They believed it was necessary to ensure separation of church and state.

Their colonists tended to have less wealth and education than other colonies.

Why was the colony of Georgia established?

to create an alliance with New Spain

to give debtors from Britain a fresh start

to make money from cash crops

to make money from the timber trade

Which colony split into two colonies in 1712?

Florida

Georgia

Carolina

Virginia

A significant effect of the First Great Awakening was that it

stopped new churches from growing.

slowed the growth of universities.

caused division among religious groups.

led to less religious tolerance.

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