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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Foreign Affairs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Henry Vane when he was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636?
(a) 32
(b) 19
(c) 36
(d) 23

2. What term refers to a council of a church, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application?
(a) Fraternity
(b) Catechism
(c) Synod
(d) Antibody

3. How much money does the author assert a tent had cost in England for those few who had been able to bring one to the new world in Chapter 5: “Survival”?
(a) 10 pounds
(b) 20 pounds
(c) 5 pounds
(d) 50 pounds

4. Who was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634?
(a) William Bradford
(b) Nathaniel Ward
(c) Roger Williams
(d) Thomas Dudley

5. The amount of debts that John Winthrop ended up with as a result of James Luxford’s actions was how much, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
(a) 3,000 pounds
(b) 550 pounds
(c) 1,000 pounds
(d) 2,500 pounds

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men, women, and children were aboard the four ships of John Winthrop’s fleet that first arrived in the New World on the Massachusetts Bay Charter?

2. When did Massachusetts become involved in the French feud between two Frenchmen who both claimed governorship of Acadia?

3. Where did John Winthrop set up his headquarters when he moved the colony into the bay, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Survival”?

4. Where was land first sighted aboard the ships of John Winthrop, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Survival”?

5. On what date did Charles I formally dissolve the English Parliament?

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