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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Roger Williams go after he became dissatisfied with the church in Plymouth in 1633?
(a) Salem
(b) Portland
(c) Medford
(d) Hartford

2. Who had been governing the colony under instruction from the company in England before Winthrop and the others arrived, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?
(a) William Bradford
(b) John Haynes
(c) John Endecott
(d) Roger Ludlow

3. How old was Nathaniel Ward when he came to Ipswich in 1634?
(a) 42
(b) 55
(c) 49
(d) 29

4. After Winthrop moved the colony headquarters to Charlestown, he summoned the assistants for their first meeting on what date?
(a) August 23, 1630
(b) October 19, 1630
(c) February 2, 1626
(d) May 15, 1629

5. What “testy pastor of Ipswich, held himself unworthy to wipe John Cotton’s slippers,” according to the author in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?
(a) George Phillips
(b) Nathaniel Ward
(c) John Endecott
(d) William Blackstone

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634?

2. How many pounds did the General Court usually pay John Winthrop per year while he was governor?

3. What word from Chapter 11: “The New England Way” refers to an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief?

4. Tenhills Farm was located in what current city, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

5. Roger Williams first arrived in the New World aboard what ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What forced John Winthrop to reveal the stipulations of the charter to the colonists, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

2. Why did John Winthrop want to retire from government in 1640, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

3. Where did Roger Williams go when he left Plymouth? Where did he begin a church and start to gain power, according to the author in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

4. What was innovative and potentially controversial about the system of government established by Winthrop and his associates, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?

5. What type of government did the Massachusetts Bay Company charter entitle the officers to establish for the colony, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?

6. What was the impact of the dispute between John Winthrop and the representatives regarding the stipulations of the charter, as seen in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

7. What ordinance does the author describe Nathaniel Ward as having introduced in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?

8. How does the author describe Anne Hutchinson’s Antinomian beliefs in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?

9. What led up to the banishment of Reverend Wheelwright, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?

10. What were John Winthrop’s feelings about Roger Williams, according to the author in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

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