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A prominent humanitarian, he led a group of settlers and helped found the colony of Georgia in 1732.: James Oglethorpe
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A radical separatist group of English Protestants who settled at Plymouth in order to be left alone to lead a pure and religious life.: Pilgrims
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A visionary radical Protestant sect whose members believed in an Inner Light that brought them close to God, equality in religious and social life, pacifism, and defiance of authority when it denied their rights to practice their religion.: Quakers
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An attempt by New England clergymen in 1662 to counteract declining church membership by allowing the children of church members to join even though they had not experienced salvation.: Half-Way Covenant
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An interpretation of Puritan doctrine associated with Anne Hutchinson that stressed mystical elements in God's grace and diverged from orthodox Puritan views on salvation.: antinomianism
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Because the Pilgrims broke all ties to the Church of England, what are they also called?: Separatists
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Did Anne Hutchison claim that believers could or could not communicate directly with God?: could
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Did most English settlers have a feeling of respect, hostility, or superiority towards the Indians?: superiority
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English Protestants who wished not only to rid the Church of England of its Catholic traditions, but also to reform English society; they came to New England to set up a model community as an example to the rest of Europe.: Puritans
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He led a rebellion in Virginia against the autocratic government of Lord Berkeley in the late 17th century.: Nathaniel Bacon
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He led about 1000 Puritans to America in 1630 and was elected the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.: John Winthrop
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He led an uprising in New York in the name of King William IV against the Anglo-Dutch ruling elite.: Jacob Leisler
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How did 17th century English settlers of New England differed from those in Virginia?: living in tightly clustered communities.
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How did the Virginia Company attract new settlers to its colony after 1609?: promising free land at the end of seven years of labor for the company
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In 1635 he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he said that the government had no authority over the personal opinions of individuals. He founded Rhode Island as a colony for religious freedom.: Roger Williams
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In the Mayflower Compact, what did people agree to be bound to?: the will of the majority
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In the original 13 colonies, were slaves treated as property or citizens?: property
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Mostly young and single European immigrants who entered into work contracts for a specified period of years in exchange for free passage to America and sometimes a promise of land at the end of the contract.: indentured servants
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The colony of New Jersey was run as a privately owned estate. What was this kind of colony called?: proprietary colony
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The name given to any prominent Englishman to whom the king granted vast areas of land in colonial North America.: proprietor
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This adventurer instituted military discipline and perhaps saved the Virginia colony at Jamestown.: John Smith
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This law allowed freedom of worship for all Christians in Maryland to keep the peace between Catholics and Protestants there.: Act of Toleration
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This New York newspaper editor made a written attack on the corrupt royal governor and was arrested on the basis of seditious libel. However, after a trial, he was found not guilty.: John Peter Zenger
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This prominent New England clergyman helped bring the Salem witchcraft trials to a close.: Increase Mather
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This Puritan theologian was the leader of the first Great Awakening in New England.: Jonathan Edwards
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This Quaker viewed his colony as a "Holy Experiment.": William Penn
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This Virgina settler married and experiments with growing tobacco in the colony.: John Rolfe
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This was used in Virginia to encourage immigration by giving 50 acres of land to any settler who brought a servant.: headright system
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To which region did families immigrate to: Chesapeake Bay or New England?: New England
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Were New England and the West Indies interdependent or separate from each other?: interdependent
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What did Roger William oppose that the king of England did?: give away land belonging to the Indians
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What did the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 provided toleration for?: most Christian churches
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What did the Mayflower Compact provide a foundation for?: self-government
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What emerged as a cash crop that caused Jamestown to survive as the first permanent British settlement in America?: tobacco
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What was a man's right to vote for governor and members of the General Court inn 17c Massachusetts based on?: church membership
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What was established when too few second- and third-generation Puritans were willing to testify publicly about their conversion experiences?: The Half-Way Covenant
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What was James Oglethorpe's primary purpose for founding the colony of Georgia?: provide a refuge for English debtors
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What was the first genuine unified movement of the American colonists?: The Great Awakening
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What was the name of the system that gave 50 acres of land to anyone who would transport someone [like an indentured servant] to the colony?: headright system
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What was the settlement of the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay and other colonies during the 17th century called?: The Great Migration
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What was William Penn's primary purpose for founding the colony of Pennsylvania?: provide a refuge for persecuted English Quakers
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What were two early example of colonial participation in government?: New England town meeting and the Virginia House of Burgesses
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Where were women more commonly found: the Chesapeake Bay or New England?: New England
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Which of the following colonies required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing?: Massachusetts
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Which region was more successful: the Chesapeake Bay or New England?: New England
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Who provided a relatively cheap and abundant source of labor for Chesapeake tobacco planters?: indentured servants
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Who was one of the earliest advocates for religious freedom in American history?: Roger Williams
