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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 the English use as a form of currency, especially during the English civil war?

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

3. What did Bradford study the last days of his life?

4. Who decided to escape the sorry settlement of Wessagusett and find his way to Plymouth?

5. What diseases afflicted the Pokanokets in 1634?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the conditions at the colony of Wessagusett.

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

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

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

8. Why did Thomas Morton represent everything the Pilgrims had come to America to escape?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why there was a controversy between some Indians and some Englishmen regarding the murder and the punishment of Arthur Peach and his cohorts. What motives were behind the controversy?

Essay Topic 2

Some say that the Pilgrims' passion and fervor that enabled them to survive those first grim years threatened to darken into a "mean-spirited fanaticism." Using examples from the book, argue whether you think the Pilgrims did or did not become mean-spirited fanatics.

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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