1. Who were the other three candidates for governor of the new colony that the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company voted on, along with John Winthrop, prior to leaving England?
(a) Roger Ludlow, John Wilson, and William Bradford
(b) John Humfrey, Isaac Johnson, and Sir Richard Saltonstall
(c) William Blackstone, Richard Clough, and Nicholas Knopp
(d) William Bradford, John Haynes, and John Cotton

2. Of the plan developed for governing the proposed colony by the Massachusetts Bay Company, the author says in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England,” “The colony would not be a mere commercial enterprise, nor would it be simply a hiding place from the wrath of God. It would be instead” what?
(a) The citadel of God’s chosen people, a spearhead of world Protestantism
(b) An idealized model of England but lacking of its corruption and authority
(c) A new start; a blank slate for democracy
(d) The promise land of wealth, independence, and liberty

3. On what date did the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company select John Winthrop as the governor of the new colony?
(a) October 20, 1629
(b) May 15, 1629
(c) February 2, 1626
(d) July 28, 1629

4. Whom did James I appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury?
(a) George Abbott
(b) Thomas Fones
(c) Isaac Johnson
(d) William Laud

5. On what date did John Winthrop marry Margaret Tyndal?
(a) July 28, 1629
(b) April 7, 1630
(c) April 29, 1618
(d) May 15, 1629

Short Answer Questions

1. The charter granted to the New England Company in 1628 authorized the company to settle and govern the area from three miles south of the Charles River to what location?

2. How many colonists came to the New World to establish the Sagadahoc Colony in 1607?

3. What was the name of John Winthrop’s second wife?

4. What is the approximate distance between London, England, and Boston, Massachusetts?

5. When did Mary Tudor die?

(see the answer key)

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