Connecticut and Rhode Island were both established by:
A) English proprietors.
B) religious dissenters migrating out of Massachusetts.
C) the Dutch.
D) Quakers.
Answer: B
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Which statement about European marriage is FALSE?
A. In Europe, as in China, most marriages were arranged by the parents. B. Love was the major reason for marriage. C. The husband was to be the ruler and the wife was to obey. D. In the early modern period the family was the heart of the social order. E. In addition to obeying her husband, the wife's other role was to bear children.
The revolution of 1688 effectively
a. banned Catholicism in England. b. brought Charles I to the throne. c. ended royal absolutism in England forever. d. suppressed the political power of the commercial and financial quarters of the country for another century. e. ended constitutional monarchy in England.
When England took over the Dutch colony that became New York:
A) the English eliminated all of the religious freedoms that the Dutch had allowed. B) the English ended the Dutch tradition of allowing married women to conduct business in their own names. C) the English respected Dutch antislavery laws, so that New York became a center for free African-Americans in North America. D) the local population declined because of England's new and repressive rule. E) England tried to maintain Dutch culture but ordered residents to learn English.
The Puritans were
A) an extremist sect of Calvinists protesting for greater change in the English Church. B) a group of Catholics that believed the Church of England was too Protestant. C) an extreme sect of Anglicans that wanted to alter the governmental structure of England in favor of their religious bent. D) English Protestants who wanted the Church of England to meet the standard of the "pure gospel" as Calvin understood it. E) an extremist sect of Lutherans protesting for greater change in the English Church.