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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 did Bradford study the last days of his life?

2. Who became sachem after Alexander died?

3. What isolated town was attached by the Nipmucks on August 2, 1675?

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

5. Who did Bradford learn died in 1625?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happened to the Narragansett fort?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Pilgrims believed that God played a role in their destiny, but they also did not hesitate to do whatever needed to be done to take charge of their own destiny. Explain incidents that demonstrate how the Pilgrims took charge of their own destiny.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, a Frenchmen told his Indian captors that "God was angry with them for their wickedness, and would destroy them and give their country to another people." Argue whether King Philip's war was or was not God's vengeance on the Indians.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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