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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 was Cambridge, Massachusetts called during the first winter when the colonists decided to build their houses there in 1630?

2. What was Anne Hutchinson’s maiden name?

3. At the first meeting summoned by Winthrop in Charlestown, how many assistants were present, in addition to himself and Thomas Dudley?

4. Where was Anne Hutchinson born?

5. James Luxford worked for John Winthrop in what position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the faults of John Endecott and Thomas Dudley as legislators, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

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

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

4. When did Anne and William Hutchinson arrive in New England? How does the author describe them in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?

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

6. How did the Puritans perceive the relationship between church and state, according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?

7. When did Roger Williams come to New England? How was his arrival in the colony described in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

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

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

10. 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”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the system of elections established by John Winthrop and the other leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What influenced these leaders to adopt a system of voting for leadership? How did these systems find their way into what would eventually become the United States system of government? What was innovative about the electoral system adopted?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the social, economic, and career elements of John Winthrop’s life in London in his twenties and thirties. How does the author characterize Winthrop’s one year of marriage to his second wife? When did John marry Margaret Tyndal? Why did her family initially oppose the marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Puritans’ arrival in New England and their perceptions of the New World. How were the huts of Salem described? What provisions were the English lacking as they began their venture in New England? Why were these provisions overlooked?

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