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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. What was the name of the settlement north of Wessagusett in modern Braintree?

2. Who became pastor at Plymouth in 1667?

3. Who had pledged his country's support to Philip in the fall?

4. Who bought the Mount Hope Peninsula went it was for sale in 1680?

5. What colony did Roger Williams found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who refused to forgive the Pilgrims for "the killing of those poor Indians."

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

5. Why were the Massachusetts planning to attack Wessagusett and Plymouth?

6. Toward the end of the war, what did the Englishmen view as a humane alternative to death and torture?

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

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

9. How did Standish kill Wituwamat and Pecksuot?

10. Describe the story that Church tells at the conclusion of his account of the war.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A common theme throughout the book is the Puritan belief that everything in life happens for a reason. Explain this belief, how it affected the Puritan's daily lives, and show examples of incidents the Puritans believed occurred because God made them occur.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the Plymouth colony and the Massachusetts Bay colony, and explain why or why not the Pilgrims should have settled at Boston rather than Plymouth.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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