A. Mayflower compact
B. Salem Witch Trails
C. No involvement
D. All the above
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts ?
A. Democracy
B. Brother love/charity
C. US Exceptionalism
D. None of the above - What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Samuel Sewall ?
A. Anti-Slavery
B. Father of american poetry
C. Pro Slavery
D. Father of American Liteature - Who is the American transcendental philosopher who was much influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Ernest Holmes
C. John Locke
D. John Locke - The Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay were non-separating Puritans, which meant ?
A. They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England
B. Separate from church of England
C. Start their own beliefs
D. Create seperation - The annals of Massachusetts Bay will inform us, that of six governors, in the space of about forty years from the surrender of the old charter, under James II., two were imprisoned by a popular insurrection – a third, as Hutchinson inclines to believe, was driven from the province by the whizzing of a musket ball – a fourth, in the opinion of the same historian, was hastened to his grave by continual bickerings with the house of representatives – and the remaining two, as well as their successors, till the Revolution, were favored with few and brief intervals of peaceful sway. What is an “insurrection” ?
A. An act or instance of beginning
B. An of revolting against civil authority
C. The state of one risen from the dead
D. The condition of being stopped - John Locke is known for advocating all of the following ideas EXCEPT________________?
A. social contract theory of government.
B. blank slate or tabula rasa.
C. divine authority of kings.
D. natural political rights. - Hawthorne’s ancestors are associated with what historical American event ?
A. History of puritans
B. History of slavery
C. Transcendentalism
D. None of the above - Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a number of early American writers, including_______________?
A. Hawthrone
B. Stewart
C. Thoreau
D. A and B - This checkmark diagram represents the plot structure for what genre of early American writing ?
A. Slave narrative
B. Indian autobiography
C. Sermon
D. Trancendentalism - William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing ?
A. Slave narrative
B. Free verse poem
C. Journal
D. Spiritual diary
