The Massachusetts Bay Colony Quiz [2023Q3]]

Who declared himself head of the Church of England in 1534?

• John Winthrop

• King Henry VIII

• John White

• Reverend John White

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What did the Puritans want to do with the practices of the Church of England?

• Simplify them

• Expand them

• Ignore them

• Abandon them

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Who led the group of Puritan stockholders that gained control of the New England Company?

• John White

• King Charles I

• Reverend John White

• John Winthrop

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Where did the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers come from?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

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Who established Harvard College in 1636?

• The Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers

• John Winthrop

• Reverend John White

• King Charles I

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What did Governor Winthrop tell the settlers they were building?

• A city in the mountains

• A city by the sea

• A city upon a hill

• A city in the forest

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What was the purpose of the 1647 law regarding towns with 50 or more families?

• To establish a new church

• To appoint a governor

• To build a new settlement

• To open a grammar school

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What did the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony grant the colonists?

• Both A and B

• None of the above

• Power to rule the land

• Freedom of worship

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Who was the most important person in establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• Reverend John White

• John White

• John Winthrop

• King Charles I

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What did the Puritans want to find in the New World?

• New allies

• New trade routes

• Religious freedom

• Gold

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