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Quiz for Document 4–4: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Under what conditions did the laws of Pennsylvania after 1682 secure the religious freedoms of colonists?

Religious freedom was available to Englishmen only.

Religious freedom was a privilege for men only.

All faiths could build houses of worships in Pennsylvania.

Only Christians enjoyed the freedom of practicing their faith.

2. According to the legislature, what was the purpose of government?

Government was supposed to protect its people and punish lawbreakers.

Government needed to tax people and use the money to expand its lands.

Government served to glorify God and help mankind.

Government was supposed to ensure equality among all people.

3. What were the requirements for a person to be qualified to serve as a public official?

They had to be Christian, have no criminal history, and be at least twenty-one years old.

They had to be able to read and had to be an English citizen.

They had to be at least forty years old and married.

They had to be Quaker and own land.

4. How did the legislature plan to counter “irreligion” in the colony?

They made it the law that schools teach the Bible.

They would make sure each town had its own minister.

They named Sunday as a day of rest to allow people to worship as they saw fit.

They made it the law that everyone had to attend church and religious school.