What Does the Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Imply

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Multiple Choice

What does the seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony imply?

• A) that the Indians wished for the English to come over and help liberate them
• B) that the Puritans were establishing a "city upon a hill" and a religious refuge
• C) that the new colony was prosperous through fur trading, fishing, and timber industries
• D) that the area was filled with hostile Indians that would be subdued through the force of the militia
• E) that Massachusetts was the jewel in the British empire's crown

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