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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close to Wessagussett colony was an Indian settlement?
(a) 15 miles away.
(b) 25 miles away.
(c) Right beside the colony.
(d) 40 miles away.

2. What ominous event occurred the night of June 26, 1675.
(a) An large piece of an asteroid fell on the ground.
(b) A midnight raid.
(c) A meteor shower.
(d) Total eclipse of the moon.

3. What type of a new American came into being after King Philip's War?
(a) Pioneer.
(b) Politician.
(c) Statesman.
(d) Frontiersman.

4. Who was he leader of the Connecticut forces?
(a) Captain Thomas Lathrop.
(b) Major John Talcott.
(c) Josiah Winslow.
(d) Samuel Moseley.

5. What did the English use as a form of currency, especially during the English civil war?
(a) Livestock and crops.
(b) The Indians' shell beads.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) Letters of credit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In December 1675, who became the leader of over 1,000 English soldiers?

2. What did some of the Wessagussett settlers trade for food?

3. What did some Massachusetts authorities consider building when conditions became so desperate and winter was approaching?

4. What happened to Philip's nine-year-old son?

5. What son of Massasoit became Pokanokets' new leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Thomas Morton represent everything the Pilgrims had come to America to escape?

2. How were the Indians cut out of the New England real estate market?

3. How was Standish's influence seen as the Pilgrims gathered for Sunday worship?

4. What did Roger Williams do when the Indians attacked Providence?

5. What became the focus of the children and grandchildren of the Pilgrims?

6. What happened to the Narragansett fort?

7. Why did Awashonks not want to drink the rum that Church brought?

8. Describe John Eliot's missionary work with the Indians.

9. Why did the New Englanders decide to attack the Narragansetts?

10. How did Standish kill Wituwamat and Pecksuot?

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