HELP ME PLEASE! :( Dominion of New England, Winthrop, and Mercantilism?

Question

1 -The Dominion of New England was an attempt

a) to rationalize colonial policy and consolidate it in the Crown

b) by Massachusetts to gain power in the region.

c) to counter the economic restrictions of the Navigation Acts

2 - John Winthrop’s characterization of Massachusetts Bay as “a city on a hill” implied that

a) Massachusetts Bay would be an example for England to emulate

b) Puritans were superior in their theology to the Pilgrims

c) Massachusetts Puritans offered religious freedom to all settlers

d) Puritans should leave Endland and emigrate to the colonies

3 - A principle of the economic theory of mercantalism was that

a) centralized control fo the economy was essential to increasing a nation's wealth

b) free trade and the market system would increase a country's productivity

c) importing goods from other countries would conserve a nation's resouces and make it wealthier

PLEASE HELP.

Thank you :)

Answer 1

A, A, and A

A - James II, king of England in 1685, was trying to reorganize the colonies in America, so he created the Dominion of New England which included New Hampshire, Massachuetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.  The re-organization didn't "stick" because he was ousted as King by Parliament in 1688.

A- Puritans in Massachusetts thought they were better than anyone else and so their colony in Massachusetts was said to provide England with an example of how government should function.

A- The principle behind mercantilism is that there is a limited amount of wealth in the world so control of it must be centralized within a realm.  Imports from other countries are minimized and free trade (as we understand it i the 21st century) would not exist.  Colonies are established to bring under control of the central authority the sources of raw materials that otherwise would have to be imported.