What effects did the english civil war have on american history? a) it showed americans how bad kings were, and caused the americans to decide at that time to choose democracy and never have a king. b) it led to many american colonists moving back to england since the monarchy was restored with king charles ii, and the population of america decreased. c) it made the point that people could change their government if they wanted to, and it led to thousands more english people moving to america. question 2 what five strange ideas did the quakers have that threatened wealthy, powerful people? a) quakers supported slavery, which the wealthy, powerful people were against. b) quakers were violent, and tried to murder rich, powerful people. c) quakers were wealthier and more powerful than most other people in england. d) quakers refused to pay taxes to support the establish anglican church. e) quakers refused to fight in wars because of a bible verse. f) quakers would not bow to lords and ladies or kings and queens. g) quakers would not swear loyalty to anyone or anything except god. h) quakers were among the first to object to slavery and to treat indians as equals. (can only choose 5) question 3 william penn became a quaker, and then was beaten, arrested, and kicked out of college. he refused to pay proper respect to king charles ii. so why did king charles ii give william penn an enormous amount of land in america? a) king charles ii had borrowed money from william penn’s father, and giving land to william penn paid off the debt. b) king charles ii learned william penn wanted to murder him, and gave him the land so penn would leave england. c) king charles ii wanted william penn to start a colony where people of all religions could settle. question 4 does this statement describe religious freedom or religious toleration? you can live in a place, but you do not have all of the same rights as members of the majority religion. question 4 options: a) religious freedom b) religious toleration question 5 what was the result of all this freedom and fairness in william penn’s colony? a) the colony did better than some colonies and worse than others. b) the colony failed, and most of the colonists moved to delaware and virginia. c) the colony prospered and soon became the largest and wealthiest colony in america.