Massachussets Bay Charter: religious freedom & English rights
- 1. When was the Massachusetts Bay Charter granted?
A) 1582
B) 1629
C) 1756
D) 1700
- 2. Who granted the Massachusetts Bay Charter?
A) King Charles I
B) Queen Elizabeth I
C) King Henry VIII
D) King George III
- 3. What was the primary reason for the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Economic prosperity
B) Military power
C) Religious freedom
D) Political domination
- 4. What group of people sought refuge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to religious persecution?
A) Puritans
B) Catholics
C) Quakers
D) Jews
- 5. Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Anne Hutchinson
B) Roger Williams
C) John Mason
D) John Winthrop
- 6. What was the official religion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Puritanism
B) Anglicanism
C) Catholicism
D) Quakerism
- 7. What prominent Puritan minister played a key role in the religious life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Thomas Hooker
B) Roger Williams
C) John Cotton
D) Anne Bradstreet
- 8. Which of the following Massachusetts Bay laws allowed for religious pluralism and freedom of worship?
A) Body of Liberties
B) Townshend Acts
C) Stamp Act
D) Intolerable Acts
- 9. What year did the Massachusetts Bay Charter get revoked?
A) 1776
B) 1701
C) 1630
D) 1684
- 10. Who was the English monarch during the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Charter?
A) George III
B) Charles I
C) James II
D) Oliver Cromwell
- 11. In what year was the Massachusetts Bay Colony absorbed into the Dominion of New England?
A) 1629
B) 1776
C) 1686
D) 1754
- 12. Under the new charter of 1691, Massachusetts granted religious freedom to all Christians except?
A) Quakers
B) Anglicans
C) Puritans
D) Catholics
- 13. Which of the following Acts allowed free exercise of religion to Protestants and Catholics in Massachusetts?
A) Navigation Acts
B) Sugar Act
C) Quartering Act
D) Act of Toleration
- 14. What English document influenced the notion of English rights in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Bill of Rights
B) Declaration of Independence
C) Petition of Right
D) Magna Carta
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