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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 were the most feared warriors in the Northeast?

2. How close to Wessagussett colony was an Indian settlement?

3. What group did Massasoit lead in his later years?

4. What isolated town was attached by the Nipmucks on August 2, 1675?

5. Who insisted that the Indians were the legal owners of their lands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence has been found that show the degree to which Western goods became of part of Indian life?

2. What did the New England militia find in the Pokanokets' village?

3. What did Roger Williams do when the Indians attacked Providence?

4. How did Philip resort to deception to create an alliance with the Mohawks?

5. Why did Thomas Morton represent everything the Pilgrims had come to America to escape?

6. Why were the Massachusetts planning to attack Wessagusett and Plymouth?

7. Why did the Plymouth's debilitating food shortages end in the fall of 1623?

8. Describe John Eliot's missionary work with the Indians.

9. How were the Indians cut out of the New England real estate market?

10. Why in the early 1640s did the Great Migration come to an end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the war between Philip and Plymouth escalated from a simple political conflict to a full fledged war between races. Explain how different events and actions of the combatants escalated the regional conflict.

Essay Topic 2

During their search for a location for their settlement, the Pilgrims found some Indian Corn, and they stole it knowing there might be repercussions. Prepare arguments explaining whether the Pilgrims should or should not have stolen the corn. Are there ever circumstances that make stealing the right course of action?

Essay Topic 3

The Pilgrims had refused the services of John Smith because they wanted no Stranger to tell them what to do. Instead, the Pilgrims, whether they realized it or not, came under the control of Squanto. Explain how Squanto manipulated the Pilgrims and their relationship with Massasoit.

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