2.3 New England Colonies

Question 1

A ______ ________ was a meeting where New Englanders discussed and voted on local government matters.

Accepted Answer

Town Meeting

Question 2

What document established self-government at Plymouth Colony?

Accepted Answer

The Mayflower Compact

Question 3

What colony was founded on the belief of separating church and state, as well as religious tolerance?

Accepted Answer

Rhode Island

Question 4

The Puritans allowed all settlers to vote in elections for their General Court.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

What is religious tolerance?

Accepted Answer

To allow others to practice their own religion

Question 6

What war, fought between English settlers and the Wampanoag, ended with the defeat of the Natives?

Accepted Answer

King Philip's War

Question 7

What religious group formed Massachusetts Bay colony?

Accepted Answer

The Puritans

Question 8

Why did the Pilgrims leave England?

Accepted Answer

to practice their own religion without fear of persecution

Question 9

Unlike the Pilgrims, the Puritans did not want to separate completely from the Church of England.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What ideas and traditions did the Puritans instill on America to this day?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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