Massachusetts Bay Colony
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The quiz covers the first lesson of Chapter Five in Harcourt Horizons United States Beginnings grade 5.
- 1.The Puritans left England because ________.
- A.
They wanted to separate from the Church of England.
- B.
They wanted to change some religious practices of the Church of England.
- C.
They wante dto develop the whaling industry in New England.
- 2.Who brought the second group of Puritans to the massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and served as governor over a twenty year period?
- A.
Thomas Hooker
- B.
John Winthrop
- C.
John Endecott
- 3.A town meeting was where____________.
- A.
Listened to sermons all day
- B.
Grazed livestock
- C.
Conducted all forms of town business
- 4.People who lved in Massachusetts Bay Colony had to ________.
- A.
Follow Puritan beliefs.
- B.
Spend tons of money
- C.
Live on a hill
- 5.Roger Williams left the Massachusetts Bay Colony because ________.
- A.
He thought people should follow their own personal religious beliefs.
- B.
He did poorly farming.
- C.
He agreed with his minister.
- 6.Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Puritan church because ________.
- A.
She questioned the authority and teaching of the Puritan ministers.
- B.
She baked bread on Sundays.
- C.
She abandoned the English way of life.
- 7.New England towns did not have the following buildings:____________.
- A.
Meetinghouse and sawmill
- B.
Common and school
- C.
Hospital and police station
- 8.What helped ministers keep their authority in Puritans lives?
- A.
Church of England
- B.
Village life
- C.
Fasting
- 9.What crops did Puritans grow?
- A.
Tobacco and wheat
- B.
Sugarcane and corn
- C.
Corn and wheat
- 10.
- 11.Why did the Puritans settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
- 12.Describe the jobs males and females had in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 13.Name one of the three ways Puritans used livestock.
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