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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only Englishman in Sakonnet?

2. What vandalism in 1675 caused Governor Winslow to ask for assistance from the Massachusetts Bay colony?

3. What did Thomas Morton build instead of a wall?

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

5. What friendly tribe had their wigwams burned by Moseley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What marvelous change came upon Bradford as his health declined in May of 1657?

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

3. What did the New England militia find in the Pokanokets' village?

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

5. Describe the conditions at the colony of Wessagusett.

6. Why in the early 1640s did the Great Migration come to an end?

7. What happened because the children of the Pilgrims chose to pursue economic prosperity at the expense of the Indians?

8. What evidence has been found that show the degree to which Western goods became of part of Indian life?

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

10. Why did Philip want the English to draw first blood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although King Philip's War became a racial war, it was also caused by greed. Explain how greed led Philip and the English into the conflict and what gain the parties expected to obtain from the conflict.

Essay Topic 2

The Pilgrims left England because of intolerant attitudes toward their religious beliefs. How did the Pilgrims have the same type of intolerant attitude toward the Strangers and others when they settled in the New World?

Essay Topic 3

Some might say it is contradictory for people with strong religious beliefs to use violence to suit their purposes. Argue why you think it was or was not contradictory for the Pilgrims to use violence. Use specific examples from the book to support your argument.

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