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12th grade Religion and the founding: colonial diversity, the Great Awakening and religious freedom worksheet

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Religion and the founding: colonial diversity, the Great Awakening and religious freedom

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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.

  2. In Esme's cards, who founded Rhode Island, and when?

    • Roger Williams, in 1636
    • English Catholics, in 1634
    • The Puritans, in 1630
    • William Penn in 1681, a Quaker founder

  3. Which colony was founded as a refuge for English Catholics, Jun asks?

    • Massachusetts Bay
    • Pennsylvania, founded by a Quaker
    • Rhode Island
    • Maryland

  4. How was the Congregational church supported in most Massachusetts towns, Kira asks?

    • By Rhode Island
    • It had no support
    • By taxes on residents
    • By the Toleration Act of 1649 in Maryland

  5. What did Roger Williams argue about government and religion, by the card, Luz asks?

    • Government should collect taxes for one church
    • Each colony needs a king
    • Government should not control religion
    • Quakers should leave

  6. Which colony's founder was a Quaker, Milo asks?

    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts Bay
    • Rhode Island, where Quakers settled
    • Pennsylvania

  7. In which colony did a synagogue open in 1763, Noah asks?

    • Massachusetts Bay
    • Rhode Island
    • Maryland
    • Pennsylvania, with its 1682 laws

  8. Which colony had an official church supported by taxes, Pia asks?

    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts Bay
    • Pennsylvania
    • Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams

  9. How many years passed from Maryland's Toleration Act (1649) to the First Amendment (1791), Tala asks?

    • 152 years
    • 3,440 years
    • 142 years
    • 242 years

  10. Zee reads the words official church. What do they mean, by the cards?

    • A church the law supports with taxes
    • A town hall
    • A church that each person may freely choose to join
    • A synagogue

  11. Why did Rhode Island draw Baptists, Quakers and Jewish families, by the card, Ari asks?

    • Government there did not control religion
    • Its laws taxed each family for one official church
    • It was the largest colony
    • It had a king
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Religion and the founding: colonial diversity, the Great Awakening and religious freedom. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

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  • I can describe how four colonies differed on religion, from Massachusetts Bay's tax-supported church to Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
  • I can explain the Great Awakening and read the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786) on what it ended.
  • I can cite the First Amendment's religion clauses and Article VI's ban on religious tests, and apply them to made-up cases.

Standard: D2.Civ.3.9-12

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