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Chapter 3
American History
Question | Answer |
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New England towns were usually governed by | Adult male property owners at a town meeting |
Why were religious dissenters so frequently persecuted in late 16th century and early 17th century European nations like England? | Religion was a state matter |
Primary factors dictating how quickly English colonists adopted African slavery included | The need for plantation laborers and availability of slaves at a good price |
The Swiss Protestant Reformer John Calvin | Believed God ordained who would be saved even before they were born |
The survival of the Plymouth colony was made possible by | Assistance from friendly Indians |
One way New Englanders differed from Chesapeake colonists was that they | Migrated as families rather than as individuals |
How did Puritans understand Religious dissent? | As a replay of original sin |
The House of Burgesses was the first | Elected representative government in the New World |
Roger Williams advocated | Separation of Church and State |
English men and women from the lowest ranks of society who agreed to work in exchange for their passage money to the colonies were known as | Indentured servants |