- 1. When was the Massachusetts Bay Charter granted?
A) 1629
B) 1756
C) 1582
D) 1700
- 2. Who granted the Massachusetts Bay Charter?
A) King George III
B) King Henry VIII
C) King Charles I
D) Queen Elizabeth I
- 3. What was the primary reason for the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Religious freedom
B) Economic prosperity
C) Military power
D) Political domination
- 4. What group of people sought refuge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to religious persecution?
A) Puritans
B) Quakers
C) Catholics
D) Jews
- 5. Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Roger Williams
B) Anne Hutchinson
C) John Winthrop
D) John Mason
- 6. What was the official religion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Quakerism
B) Anglicanism
C) Catholicism
D) Puritanism
- 7. What prominent Puritan minister played a key role in the religious life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Roger Williams
B) Anne Bradstreet
C) Thomas Hooker
D) John Cotton
- 8. Which of the following Massachusetts Bay laws allowed for religious pluralism and freedom of worship?
A) Body of Liberties
B) Intolerable Acts
C) Townshend Acts
D) Stamp Act
- 9. What year did the Massachusetts Bay Charter get revoked?
A) 1630
B) 1701
C) 1776
D) 1684
- 10. Who was the English monarch during the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Charter?
A) Charles I
B) Oliver Cromwell
C) James II
D) George III
- 11. In what year was the Massachusetts Bay Colony absorbed into the Dominion of New England?
A) 1629
B) 1754
C) 1686
D) 1776
- 12. Under the new charter of 1691, Massachusetts granted religious freedom to all Christians except?
A) Anglicans
B) Puritans
C) Quakers
D) Catholics
- 13. Which of the following Acts allowed free exercise of religion to Protestants and Catholics in Massachusetts?
A) Quartering Act
B) Navigation Acts
C) Sugar Act
D) Act of Toleration
- 14. What English document influenced the notion of English rights in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Magna Carta
C) Petition of Right
D) Bill of Rights
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