A) freedom of speech
B) privacy within the family home
C) individual expression
D) religious toleration
E) social unity
G) C) and D)
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A) They received little or no economic support from the English government.
B) They received substantial monetary incentives from the English crown.
C) They laid claim to land already considered by the Spanish to be Spanish territory.
D) They resulted in the loss of many settlers due to disease yet were the first permanent English settlements.
E) They were the first settlements with the primary aim of establishing a society with freedom of religion.
G) None of the above
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A) were completely unified on all issues.
B) believed the Church of England retained too many elements of Catholicism in its rituals and doctrines.
C) fundamentally opposed all beliefs of the Church of England.
D) believed in both religious freedom and toleration.
E) secretly supported the Catholic Church.
G) B) and C)
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A) because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic.
B) because of the Spanish Armada's successful invasion of Great Britain in 1588
C) because Spain had allied with France to invade English colonies in the New World
D) because one of Henry VIII's beheaded wives was a Spanish princess, and the Spanish government announced it would be at war with England until Henry apologized
E) because both the English and Spanish royal families laid claim to the Irish throne
G) C) and D)
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A) in intermarrying with Indians.
B) in converting to Indian religions.
C) in displacing Indians and settling on their land.
D) in ruling over Indians as subjects of the English crown.
E) in joining Indian tribes.
G) B) and D)
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A) the debates over the meaning of freedom that emerged from the war elevated the idea of "English liberty" to a central place in the political culture of the Anglo-American colonies.
B) Oliver Cromwell's pro-Parliament forces rejected imperial expansion and freed Ireland and Jamaica, and thus threatened the continued existence of the American colonies.
C) Oliver Cromwell's government refused to trade with the colonies.
D) Oliver Cromwell's government abolished slavery.
E) When the monarchy was restored, Charles II sought to tax the colonies to pay for the war.
G) C) and D)
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A) separation of church and state.
B) freedom of religion.
C) Native American relations.
D) generational church membership.
E) business relations.
G) C) and E)
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A) The Bible was to be understood metaphorically only.
B) The Massachusetts Bay Colony was becoming too materialistic.
C) Women had no right to speak in public regarding religious matters.
D) Religious freedom should be extended to Jews and Native Americans.
E) God spoke to her directly, much as God had spoken to Abraham.
G) C) and E)
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A) It was the inspiration for Mary Rowlandson's popular captivity narrative.
B) It resulted in the complete victory of one of the region's most powerful Indian groups.
C) It was a colonial manifestation of the English Civil War.
D) It was caused by the implementation of the enclosure movement in Ireland.
E) It fundamentally altered the balance of power between the Indians and English.
G) A) and E)
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A) It was understood purely in religious terms, referring to freedom from Catholic interference.
B) It was a political term referring strictly to who should have the right to vote.
C) It remained a vital and much-debated concept even after Charles I was beheaded.
D) It evolved primarily as part of the first western push for women's rights.
E) It emerged at a time when English rulers had already officially declared the country a "democracy."
G) B) and E)
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A) Oliver Cromwell
B) John Smith
C) Charles I
D) Charles II
E) James I
G) None of the above
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A) English leaders feared that the abundance of gold in Indian societies would make Native American societies far too rich to become the captives of settlers.
B) English leaders believed that the lack of desirable qualities in Indian societies would forever guarantee that only Indians could become captives of the English, not vice versa.
C) English leaders questioned the tendency of Indians to treat enslaved African Americans poorly and, thus, outlawed any form of servitude or captivity in their own societies.
D) English leaders believed that the religious views of the Indians were essentially the same as those of English settlers and would help fuel the creation of shared religious writings.
E) English leaders feared that the life of freedom enjoyed by Indians would tempt English settlers to join Indian societies and, thus, required a deterrent.
G) A) and C)
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A) It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another's passage.
B) It fired John Smith and allowed the local election of a more popular leader.
C) It gave control back to the king, who straightened out its problems through Parliament.
D) It required all settlers to grow tobacco, a highly profitable crop.
E) It created an executive committee that really ran the colony and a committee of colonists who thought they were running it.
G) A) and B)
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A) were all men, reflecting the Virginia Company's interest in searching for gold as opposed to building a functioning society.
B) included women and children, because the Virginia Company realized that a stable society would improve the settlers' chances of success, economic and otherwise.
C) included representatives of several other countries, part of England's effort to build a strong network of supporters in case of Spanish attack.
D) built the second permanent English settlement in North America after Roanoke.
E) were only half of those who originally set sail; the rest turned around and went back.
G) None of the above
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A) court-appointed lawyer
B) Roger Williams
C) John Winthrop
D) her husband
E) Anne Hutchinson herself
G) None of the above
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A) undisciplined "natural" liberty
B) literacy in order to read the Bible
C) charity to help the poor
D) individual self-expression
E) ornate decorations
G) None of the above
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A) there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants, whom the British government aided with an early form of welfare.
B) efforts were made to persuade or even force those who had been evicted to settle in the New World, thereby easing the British population crisis.
C) mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor.
D) there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock.
E) the spread of the Black Plague decreased because of the elimination of cramped living quarters.
G) C) and D)
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A) was dissolved by King James because he objected to all representative government.
B) was created as part of the Virginia Company's effort to encourage the colony's survival.
C) banned the importation of both indentured servants and African slaves.
D) had more power than the royally appointed governor.
E) was included in the original charter for the Jamestown Colony.
G) B) and D)
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