In 1608 the settlers at Jamestown chose a new president of the council, who set the rule that only a colonist who worked would eat. Who was he?

A 1624 Virginia law ordered colonists to worship in one church and to pay taxes to support it. Which church was that?

William Bradford signed the Mayflower Compact in 1620 and was elected governor in 1621 of the colony those passengers built. Which colony did he govern?

The English settlers who crossed on the Mayflower in 1620 had already left the Church of England to worship in their own separate congregations. What is that group called?

John Winthrop crossed the Atlantic in 1630 with a fleet carrying about a thousand Puritan colonists, and became the colony's first governor. Which colony was it?

The Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay in 1630 disagreed with the Plymouth settlers about the Church of England. What did the Puritans want to do about that church?

A 1631 Massachusetts Bay law said only certain men could become freemen and vote in colony elections. What did a man have to be?

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay in 1635 for saying officials had no business ruling on worship. In 1636 he bought land from the Narragansett and began a settlement. Which one?

The settlers at Providence agreed that their government would make laws "only in civil things." What did that agreement mean for religion there?

In 1681 King Charles II granted a charter for a large tract west of the Delaware River to a Quaker leader, who then wrote the colony's first frame of government. Who was he?

Pennsylvania's 1682 Frame of Government promised freedom of worship in the colony. Who did that promise cover?

A Quaker meeting for worship in colonial Pennsylvania was run differently from an Anglican parish service. What did a Quaker meeting begin with?

In 1634 the English proprietor Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, started a colony on Chesapeake Bay partly as a safe place for members of one church that faced penalties in England. Which church was that?

Maryland's assembly passed "An Act Concerning Religion" in 1649, after Protestant settlers came to outnumber Catholic ones. What did that law do?

A group of settlers left England on the frigate Anne in November 1732 and landed in February 1733, where their leader laid out the town of Savannah. Who led them?

Georgia's 1732 charter allowed liberty of conscience to everyone living in the colony, but denied the free exercise of religion to one group. Which group was that?

Jamestown, Boston, Providence and Savannah were all begun by English colonists, but at different times. Which one was begun earliest?

In 1636 colonists led by the Puritan minister Thomas Hooker walked out of Massachusetts Bay and settled towns in a river valley to the southwest. Which colony grew from those towns?

Rhode Island's royal charter of 1663 promised the colony's people freedom in matters of religion.

Maryland's 1649 Act Concerning Religion protected people of every faith, including those who were not Christian.

After Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts Bay, she and her followers settled in 1638 in the area that became which colony?

William Penn founded Pennsylvania partly as a safe place for which religious group?

True or False: The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay generally allowed every religion to practice freely in their colony.

Before sailing to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, many of the Pilgrims lived for about twelve years in another country where they could worship freely. Which country was it?

The Mayflower Compact is important because it showed an early example of what idea?

Besides offering religious freedom, James Oglethorpe planned the Georgia colony as a fresh start for which group of English people?

True or False: Anne Hutchinson was forced to leave Massachusetts Bay after challenging Puritan leaders.

Which idea means that the government should not force people to follow one official faith or church?

In 1636 the Puritan leaders of Massachusetts Bay started a college, mainly to train new ministers. Which college was it?

Why did some colonists leave Europe for North America because of religion?

The First Great Awakening was a colonial movement mainly about what?

True or False: The First Great Awakening helped encourage some colonists to question traditional authority.

Which founding document protects freedom of religion in the United States?

What does the First Amendment say Congress may not establish?

Which founder wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

James Madison is important to religious freedom because he helped write and support what?

True or False: All thirteen colonies had exactly the same rules about religion.

Which colony became known in the 1700s for welcoming many different religious and ethnic groups, such as Quakers, Mennonites and German Lutherans?

What was one reason the founders protected religious liberty after independence?

True or False: Religious beliefs influenced some colonial laws and community rules.