LC Ch 4 HIST 2610
What caused the infamous Salem Witch Trials in 1692? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Class conflict, political tensions, fear of Indian raids, and a local debate
about church leadership
What prompted the loss of political and economic rights for women in the British
colonies by the close of the seventeenth century? - CORRECT ANSWER-Equal sex
ratios
What was significant about European settlement along the western frontier of
Pennsylvania in the years prior to 1720? - CORRECT ANSWER-White settlers and
Indians interacted in lucrative trade partnerships
In contrast to the German Pietists, John Wesley, and George Whitefield, preachers
educated in England, at Harvard, and at William and Mary stressed - CORRECT
ANSWER-scholarly reflections on religion
In the case of the market protest and the Hudson land-leasing protest, what action
immediately preceded the protests? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sending a petition to
colonial officials
During trials for witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England, evidence that came
to witnesses in dreams or visions was called - CORRECT ANSWER-spectral
evidence
How was the status of women in the Chesapeake and in New England similar in the
early seventeenth century? - CORRECT ANSWER-In both places, women could
inherit property
What was an important effect of William Penn's death in 1718? - CORRECT
ANSWER-There was little control over European settlement in Pennsylvania
What was an important effect of the Great Awakening in the British colonies? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Colonists became less deferential toward authority
Why was the power of British authority weakened within the colonies? - CORRECT
ANSWER-A strong tradition of local governance
In her petition to be released from prison, Abigail Faulkner told Governor William
Phipps that she had six children at home in order to - CORRECT ANSWER-show
how many innocent children would suffer if she were executed
What caused the infamous Salem Witch Trials in 1692? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Class conflict, political tensions, fear of Indian raids, and a local debate
about church leadership
What prompted the loss of political and economic rights for women in the British
colonies by the close of the seventeenth century? - CORRECT ANSWER-Equal sex
ratios
What was significant about European settlement along the western frontier of
Pennsylvania in the years prior to 1720? - CORRECT ANSWER-White settlers and
Indians interacted in lucrative trade partnerships
In contrast to the German Pietists, John Wesley, and George Whitefield, preachers
educated in England, at Harvard, and at William and Mary stressed - CORRECT
ANSWER-scholarly reflections on religion
In the case of the market protest and the Hudson land-leasing protest, what action
immediately preceded the protests? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sending a petition to
colonial officials
During trials for witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England, evidence that came
to witnesses in dreams or visions was called - CORRECT ANSWER-spectral
evidence
How was the status of women in the Chesapeake and in New England similar in the
early seventeenth century? - CORRECT ANSWER-In both places, women could
inherit property
What was an important effect of William Penn's death in 1718? - CORRECT
ANSWER-There was little control over European settlement in Pennsylvania
What was an important effect of the Great Awakening in the British colonies? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Colonists became less deferential toward authority
Why was the power of British authority weakened within the colonies? - CORRECT
ANSWER-A strong tradition of local governance
In her petition to be released from prison, Abigail Faulkner told Governor William
Phipps that she had six children at home in order to - CORRECT ANSWER-show
how many innocent children would suffer if she were executed
