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 (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which colony did William Penn found?

<p>Pennsylvania (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the meaning of the name 'Philadelphia'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Pennsylvania (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Quakers (C)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (A)</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 (B)</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 (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</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 (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Benjamin Franklin was born in Philadelphia?

<p>False (B)</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 (B)</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 (A)</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 (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The Susquehanna River (D)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Thriving and prosperous (C)</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 (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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