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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. At the first meeting summoned by Winthrop in Charlestown, how many assistants were present, in addition to himself and Thomas Dudley?
2. Roger Williams first arrived in the New World aboard what ship?
3. How old was Nathaniel Ward when he came to Ipswich in 1634?
4. What two prominent ministers were chosen to carry the wisdom of the colony back to the mother country in the light of the troubles faced in 1641, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
5. In the spring of 1637, the author describes the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s involvement in a war with an Indian tribe. Where were the settlers that “bore the brunt of the fighting”?
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 power did the clergy have in the Massachusetts settlement, according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?
3. What forced John Winthrop to reveal the stipulations of the charter to the colonists, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?
4. 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”?
5. What ordinance does the author describe Nathaniel Ward as having introduced in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?
6. 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”?
7. When was the “Body of Liberties” adopted in Massachusetts? What did this document contain?
8. What were John Winthrop’s feelings about Roger Williams, according to the author in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?
9. How does the author describe Anne Hutchinson’s Antinomian beliefs in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?
10. 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”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the Arbella and the voyage of John Winthrop’s fleet to New England. How many ships were in the fleet? How many passengers? What other provisions were provided? Where did the passengers eat and sleep? How many died on the voyage?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the figure of John Endecott. What was Endecott’s role in the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? When did John Endecott depart for Massachusetts? Who joined Endecott? What was Endecott’s purpose in arriving prior to the wave of settlers?
Essay Topic 3
Describe John Winthrop’s education. What role did John’s father play in the academic world? How privileged was John Winthrop in his pursuit of higher education at his time historically? Where did John Winthrop study? What did he study?
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