The correct answer is C: a theocracy.
In a theocracy, the government is run by religious leaders or is based on religious law, and in the case of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was heavily influenced by the Puritan Church.
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed and governed according to the Puritan Church. Consequently, the government of the colony is considered to be—
Responses
A a dictatorship.a dictatorship.
B a monarchy.a monarchy.
C a theocracy.a theocracy.
D an autocracy.
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