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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. Who is quoted in Chapter 11: “The New England Way” as having said “if the people be governors, who shall be governed?”
(a) John Cotton
(b) Thomas Shepard
(c) Henry Winthrop
(d) George Phillips

2. On what date did John Winthrop summon at Charlestown the first meeting labeled in the records as a General Court?
(a) October 19, 1630
(b) April 29, 1618
(c) March 27, 1625
(d) May 15, 1629

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

4. Richard Bellingham is said to have been a lawyer in England and a member of Charles I’s Parliament of what year?
(a) 1628
(b) 1629
(c) 1632
(d) 1631

5. What substantial and straightforward freeman from Dorchester drew up a list of arguments against Winthrop’s cause with the General Court, leading Winthrop to ride him down as "a troubler of Israel,” according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?
(a) William Laud
(b) Israel Stoughton
(c) George Phillips
(d) Thomas Fones

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed” as the “judicious governor of the colony” at Plymouth that found Roger Williams to be godly and zealous?

2. When John Winthrop found himself in considerable debt, what two friends wrote from London offering to loan him money, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

3. Thomas Dudley was angered that John Winthrop lent twenty-eight pounds of what to Plymouth colony without authorization, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

4. After Winthrop moved the colony headquarters to Charlestown, he summoned the assistants for their first meeting on what date?

5. When Roger Williams first arrived at the colony, what minister and teacher of the Boston church was returning to England to fetch his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Reverend John Cotton described in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”? What was Cotton’s relationship to Anne Hutchinson?

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

3. What decision did John Winthrop make regarding the English Civil War? Why?

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

5. How does the author describe the changes in the colony during the years when John Winthrop was overthrown as governor in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

6. 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”?

7. When was the “Body of Liberties” adopted in Massachusetts? What did this document contain?

8. How was Winthrop’s system of elections established, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”? On what grounds was this system established?

9. What did the representatives learn when they studied the charter in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

10. What problems arose in the Massachusetts colony as a result of the outbreak of the English Civil War?

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