AMSCO Practice Questions with Correct Answers

AMSCO Practice Questions with Correct Answers Explain how events in ONE of the following colonies support this statement: "Puritan intolerance of dissent led to the founding of a number of new colonies." - Answer- Portsmouth: Anne Hutchinson founded the colony of Portsmouth. She believed in antinomianism - the idea that faith alone, not deeds, in necessary for salvation. She was then banished from the Bay colony. Identify an individual who played a leading role in founding one of these new colonies - Answer-Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan, most commonly known for being banished from Boston in 1637 for her religious and feminist beliefs. Briefly describe a basic idea held by the individual you identified who challenged Puritan principles. - Answer-Portsmouth, RI was founded by Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan who believed that the path to salvation was through faith alone. Her beliefs were unpopular with other Puritans, banished from Massachusetts Bay colony in the 1630s. Briefly explain Robert Beverly's main point in the excerpt. - Answer-To show why some Europeans came to the New World and why some didn't. It was asking the point of coming to the New World when some people were living a perfectly good life in Europe. Explain why you do or do not agree with Robert Beverly's main point - Answer-I agree because if someone is rich and of high social class in Europe, why come to the New World and risk losing it? Also, if you were of the low social class, you could come to the New World and have the ability to move up, becoming rich now possible.