Persecution of Quakers
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Which city did Benjamin Franklin enter as a seventeen-year-old in 1720?

  • Boston
  • London
  • Philadelphia (correct)
  • New York

    • What was the prevailing atmosphere of Philadelphia when Benjamin Franklin arrived?

  • Puritanical
  • Congenial
  • Aristocratic
  • Urbane and open (correct)

    • Why did Americans in the colonies begin to realize that they were thriving?

  • Transportation and communication were improving (correct)
  • Population was declining
  • The British imposed strict policies
  • They were heavily dependent on Mother England

    • Who created the Dominion of New England in 1686?

    <p>The Parliament in London</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of creating the Dominion of New England?

    <p>To impose stricter control over the colonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were the colonists outraged by Sir Edmund Andros?

    <p>He curbed town meetings and restricted the courts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony did William Penn found?

    <p>Pennsylvania</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the meaning of the name 'Philadelphia'?

    <p>Brotherly love</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people did William Penn welcome to his colony?

    <p>Farmers and laborers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Quaker policy toward the Native Americans in Pennsylvania?

    <p>They treated them fairly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was surpassed in population and wealth only by Virginia and Massachusetts by 1700?

    <p>Pennsylvania</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was granted its own assembly in 1703, but remained under the governor of Pennsylvania until the American Revolution?

    <p>Delaware</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colonies came to be known as the 'bread colonies' due to their heavy exports of grain?

    <p>Pennsylvania and New York</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colonies had fewer industries than New England, but more than the South?

    <p>Pennsylvania and New York</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event led to the collapse of the Dominion of New England in America?

    <p>The Glorious Revolution in England</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the consequence of the Glorious Revolution in America?

    <p>The loss of the ancient charter of Massachusetts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of dissenters arose in England during the mid-1600s?

    <p>Quakers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the belief of the Quakers regarding military service?

    <p>They refused to serve in the military</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Dominion of New England was created by the colonists themselves through the New England Confederation.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Dominion of New England aimed to strengthen colonial defense in case of war with the Native Americans.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Sir Edmund Andros was well-liked by the colonists due to his affiliation with the Church of England.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Glorious Revolution in England led to the collapse of the Dominion of New England in America.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Quakers in Pennsylvania refused to pay taxes to support the established Church of England.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Quakers believed in passive resistance and refused military service.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: William Penn was attracted to the Quaker faith at the age of sixteen.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: William Penn's father disapproved of his son's decision to embrace the Quaker faith?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Pennsylvania was named after William Penn himself?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Pennsylvania was the best advertised of all the colonies?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Quaker tolerance proved to be the undoing of Quaker Indian policy in Pennsylvania?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Benjamin Franklin was born in Philadelphia?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The British were heavily involved in governing the American colonies during this time period?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Population growth and improvements in transportation and communication contributed to the thriving of the American colonies?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Philadelphia had three hundred houses and twenty-five hundred people within two years of its establishment?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: By 1700, Pennsylvania was surpassed in population and wealth only by Virginia and Massachusetts?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: William Penn was fully appreciated by his colonists in Pennsylvania?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Delaware was named after Lord De La Warr, the military governor of Virginia in 1610?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony had a more ethnically mixed population compared to other settlements?

    <p>Middle Colonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony had a considerable amount of economic and social democracy?

    <p>Middle Colonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is often regarded as the most representative American personality of his era?

    <p>Benjamin Franklin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following rivers played a vital role in the middle colonies?

    <p>The Susquehanna River</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguished the middle colonies from both New England and the southern plantation group?

    <p>The size of landholdings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the prevailing atmosphere in Philadelphia when Benjamin Franklin arrived?

    <p>Thriving and prosperous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The middle colonies were known as the 'bread colonies' due to their heavy exports of grain?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The middle colonies had fewer industries than New England, but more than the South?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The middle colonies were the most American part of America?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The population in the middle colonies was more ethnically mixed than in other settlements.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Benjamin Franklin was born in puritanical Boston.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The middle colonies had a considerable amount of economic and social democracy.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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