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AP U.S. History — Period 2 (1607–1754) — Drill 26

Drill 26 · Multiple Choice · Period 2: 1607–1754

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About This Drill

AP U.S. History — Period 2 (1607–1754) — Drill 26 is a Multiple Choice practice drill covering Period 2: 1607–1754. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

This AP U.S. History Period 2 drill is based on John Winthrop's sermon 'A Model of Christian Charity' (1630). Questions analyze the rhetorical purpose of the 'city upon a hill' phrase, Winthrop's theology of social hierarchy, and the significance of Puritan ideals for the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Passage

The following is adapted from 'A Model of Christian Charity,' a sermon delivered by John Winthrop aboard the Arbella during the voyage to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. God Almighty in His most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, as in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, others mean and in submission. For the work we have in hand, it is by a mutual consent through a special overruling providence to seek out a place of cohabitation and consortship under a due form of government both civil and ecclesiastical. For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.

Questions in This Drill

  1. Winthrop's phrase 'a city upon a hill' most directly served which of the following rhetorical purposes in the context of the 1630 voyage to Massachusetts Bay?
  2. Winthrop's opening assertion that God has ordained that 'some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity' most directly reflects which of the following Puritan theological concepts?
  3. The historical context most directly relevant to understanding Winthrop's warning that failure would make the colonists 'a story and a by-word through the world' was
  4. Winthrop's vision of Massachusetts Bay as a community bound by 'mutual consent through a special overruling providence' most directly anticipates which of the following later developments in American political thought?
  5. Which of the following developments in early Massachusetts Bay most directly challenged the communal covenantal vision Winthrop articulates in this sermon?