Religion and the founding: colonial diversity, the Great Awakening and religious freedom
Grade 12 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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Massachusetts Bay
Who made it: historians and textbooks writing today. When: today. Where: the United States. For whom: readers today. Why: to sum up what is known. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Founded in 1630 by Puritans. Most towns taxed residents to support the Congregational church, the colony's official church. Source card "Rhode Island". Who made it: historians and textbooks writing today. When: today. Where: the United States. For whom: readers today. Why: to sum up what is known. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams after Massachusetts banished him. Williams argued that government should not control religion. Baptists, Quakers and Jewish families settled there; Newport's Touro Synagogue opened in 1763. Source card "Pennsylvania". Who made it: historians and textbooks writing today. When: today. Where: the United States. For whom: readers today. Why: to sum up what is known. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Founded in 1681 by William Penn, a Quaker. Its 1682 laws let people who believed in God worship as they chose. Source card "Maryland". Who made it: historians and textbooks writing today. When: today. Where: the United States. For whom: readers today. Why: to sum up what is known. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Founded in 1634 as a refuge for English Catholics. Its Toleration Act of 1649 protected Christians who believed in the Trinity. Below the cards: each card is a summary in our words. The colonies differed: some had an official church supported by taxes, and some did not.
In Esme's cards, who founded Rhode Island, and when?
- The Puritans, in 1630
- English Catholics, in 1634
- Roger Williams, in 1636
- William Penn in 1681, a Quaker founder
How was the Congregational church supported in most Massachusetts towns, Kira asks?
- By Rhode Island
- It had no support
- By the Toleration Act of 1649 in Maryland
- By taxes on residents
What did Roger Williams argue about government and religion, by the card, Luz asks?
- Quakers should leave
- Government should collect taxes for one church
- Government should not control religion
- Each colony needs a king
In which colony did a synagogue open in 1763, Noah asks?
- Rhode Island
- Pennsylvania, with its 1682 laws
- Maryland
- Massachusetts Bay
Which colony had an official church supported by taxes, Pia asks?
- Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams
- Massachusetts Bay
- Pennsylvania
- Maryland
How many years passed from Rhode Island's founding (1636) to Virginia's statute (1786), Ren asks?
- 160 years
- 140 years
- 150 years
- 3,422 years
How many years passed from Maryland's Toleration Act (1649) to the First Amendment (1791), Tala asks?
- 242 years
- 3,440 years
- 142 years
- 152 years
Zee reads the words official church. What do they mean, by the cards?
- A town hall
- A church that each person may freely choose to join
- A church the law supports with taxes
- A synagogue
Why did Rhode Island draw Baptists, Quakers and Jewish families, by the card, Ari asks?
- Government there did not control religion
- It had a king
- It was the largest colony
- Its laws taxed each family for one official church
Which sentence about the four cards is careful, Bo asks?
- The colonies differed on official churches
- The cards say which belief is true
- No colony had an official church
- Each colony had the same rules on religion