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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. Who was chosen by the followers of Anne Hutchinson to serve as the official spokesperson for her views in 1636?
2. What was Cambridge, Massachusetts called during the first winter when the colonists decided to build their houses there in 1630?
3. How many pounds did the General Court usually pay John Winthrop per year while he was governor?
4. 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”?
5. When did King Charles I meet with defiance for attempting to impose the Anglican prayer book in Scotland?
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 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”?
3. What power did the clergy have in the Massachusetts settlement, according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?
4. 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”?
5. What were John Winthrop’s feelings about Roger Williams, according to the author in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?
6. When was the “Body of Liberties” adopted in Massachusetts? What did this document contain?
7. What did the representatives learn when they studied the charter in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?
8. What decision did John Winthrop make regarding the English Civil War? Why?
9. What led up to the banishment of Reverend Wheelwright, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?
10. 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”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the biography, work, and beliefs of Thomas Dudley. What was Dudley’s role in the governing body of the Massachusetts Colony? What led to the animosity between Dudley and Winthrop? How did this rivalry affect government and government policy in the colony?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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