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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. In Chapter 9, where did Miles Standish travel to pick up some corn?

2. What ability had the Pilgrims temporarily ruined after the Wessagusett raid?

3. How many ships arrived in New England in 1630?

4. Why was Massasoit sick?

5. Who became pastor at Plymouth in 1667?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to the Narragansett fort?

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

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

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

6. How did Standish kill Wituwamat and Pecksuot?

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

8. What process did Plymouth use to remove potentially dangerous Native men and boys?

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

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

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

Discuss how the war between Philip and Plymouth escalated from a simple political conflict to a full fledged war between races. Explain how different events and actions of the combatants escalated the regional conflict.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 8, Pastor John Robinson writes about the ruffling course that the Pilgrims began with the Wessagusett raid. Argue whether Robinson's words proved to be prophetic or did not prove to be prophetic given the ultimate course of New England's history.

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