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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 insisted that the Indians were the legal owners of their lands?

2. What did Massasoit put at the bottom of his last Plymouth land deed?

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

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

5. Who was the sachem of Sakonnet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Philip resort to deception to create an alliance with the Mohawks?

2. Why did the Plymouth's debilitating food shortages end in the fall of 1623?

3. How did Standish kill Wituwamat and Pecksuot?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Pilgrims had a very difficult first year, but they survived where other colonies failed. Explain why the Pilgrims were able to create a successful colony.

Essay Topic 3

The Pilgrims had refused the services of John Smith because they wanted no Stranger to tell them what to do. Instead, the Pilgrims, whether they realized it or not, came under the control of Squanto. Explain how Squanto manipulated the Pilgrims and their relationship with Massasoit.

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