3. Who allowed war to happen?
(a) Massassoit and Bradford.
(b) Philip and Josiah Winslow.
(c) Church and Andrew.
(d) Bradford and Church.

4. Why did the Mayflower not return to England after a settlement site was found?
(a) Many crew members were sick.
(b) The weather was bad.
(c) The ship needed the repairs.
(d) The ship needed to stock more provisions for the return voyage.

5. What is the title of an Indian leader?
(a) Cheepi.
(b) Sagamore.
(c) Kietan.
(d) Sachem.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, who was launching a plan to become the most powerful Indian leader in New England?

2. What two gifts did Winslow and Hopkins take to Massasoit in July of 1621?

3. How many sachems came on September 13 to sign a treaty professing their loyalty to King James?

4. When did the Pilgrims sail to the New World in search of religious freedom?

5. What were the holes along the trail that Winslow and Hopkins traveled in July of 1621?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do some people think that Dorothy Bradford may have committed suicide?

2. Why didn't the Indians and English of Plymouth Colony live in peaceful harmony all of those first fifty-five years?

3. Why does the author state that the story about the Pilgrims changes from the story we know to the story that we need to know?

4. How did the master of the Speedwell work against the Pilgrims?

5. Why wasn't the terrain surrounding Plymouth a primeval forest?

6. What disparity did Quadequina notice after the treaty between the Indians and the Pilgrims was signed?

7. How did Weston betray the Pilgrims?

8. Why did the Separatists decide to leave Amsterdam?

9. Why were the Nausets "ill affected toward the English"?

10. Why was it illegal for the Separatists to have their own church services?

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