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Important People in Colonial America Test

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  1. Hernan Cortes
  2. Lord Baltimore
  3. John Mason
  4. Quakers
  5. John Winthrop
  1. a English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania, members of the Society of Friends. Believed that God, in the presence of the Inner Light, was present in all humans. Pacifists. Rejected oaths, sacraments, and all forms of set religious worship
  2. b Founded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists. He did so because he knew that members of his own religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony.
  3. c Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
  4. d he founded New Hampshire in 1630 as an escape for those restricted by religious and economic rules made by Puritans
  5. e As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. A religious dissenter whose ideas provoked an intense religious and political crisis in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1636 and 1638. She challenged the principles of Massachusetts's religious and political system. Her ideas became known as the heresy of Antinomianism, a belief that Christians are not bound by moral law. She was latter expelled, with her family and followers, and went and settled at Pocasset ( now Portsmouth, R.I.)
  2. a governor of the Plymouth Colony that helped write the Mayflower Compact and set up various programs such as fishing, trade, agricultural industries, etc. and maintained peaceful relationships with the Native Americans, so that the colony could develop
  3. He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
  4. Penn, an English Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1682, after receiving a charter from King Charles II the year before. He launched the colony as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance.
  5. Protestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization.

5 True/False Questions

  1. ConquistadorsEnglish dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania, members of the Society of Friends. Believed that God, in the presence of the Inner Light, was present in all humans. Pacifists. Rejected oaths, sacraments, and all forms of set religious worship

          

  2. Duke of YorkEnglish dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania, members of the Society of Friends. Believed that God, in the presence of the Inner Light, was present in all humans. Pacifists. Rejected oaths, sacraments, and all forms of set religious worship

          

  3. William and Marya governor of the Plymouth Colony that helped write the Mayflower Compact and set up various programs such as fishing, trade, agricultural industries, etc. and maintained peaceful relationships with the Native Americans, so that the colony could develop

          

  4. James OglethorpeFounder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.

          

  5. Catholicsdid not accept the king as head of the church nor did they accept the authority of Anglican bishops or priests. They were viewed as potential traitors who might help Catholic countries overthrow the English king, and were forbidden to practice law or teach school