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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. On what date did John Winthrop summon at Charlestown the first meeting labeled in the records as a General Court?
2. Thomas Dudley was angered that John Winthrop had allowed the people of Watertown to build a weir where, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?
3. The king’s charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company ordained that the freemen of the company were to meet how many times per year in a “Great and General Court”?
4. Who was elected deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634?
5. Winthrop and his governing assistants seized whose “strong water” because he sold too much of it to other men’s servants, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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”?
2. Why did John Winthrop want to retire from government in 1640, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
3. How does the author describe Anne Hutchinson’s Antinomian beliefs in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?
4. 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”?
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 did the Massachusetts Bay Company charter grant in terms of the establishment of a government for the colony, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?
7. When did Roger Williams come to New England? How was his arrival in the colony described in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?
8. Why did John Winthrop’s choice regarding the English Civil War prove to be advantageous to the Puritans, as discussed by the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
9. How did the Puritans perceive the relationship between church and state, according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?
10. When was the “Body of Liberties” adopted in Massachusetts? What did this document contain?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss John Winthrop’s initial election as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Who voted in this election? Why was Winthrop chosen? What qualities did the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony see in Winthrop that they felt would qualify him for a leadership position?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the preparations that John Winthrop was left in charge of as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company prior to departure. What role did Winthrop play in securing passengers, provisions, etc.? How did he go about these tasks? How difficult were the tasks?
Essay Topic 3
Define “Arminianism” and “Calvinism” and discuss the histories of each In what ways were these belief systems similar? How did they differ? Who was John Calvin? When did Calvin publish The Institutes of the Christian Religion? How did this publication change religion in Europe?
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