What problem did the Half-Way Covenant try to address? A. The growing number of Anglo-Indian marriages. B. The shrinking number of spiritual rebirths in the Puritan community. C. The need for an Indian alliance in the face of Indian enemies. D. The absence of a charter for the colony of Massachusetts.

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Sarah Bowen

23 April, 01:04

What problem did the Half-Way Covenant try to address? A. The growing number of Anglo-Indian marriages. B. The shrinking number of spiritual rebirths in the Puritan community. C. The need for an Indian alliance in the face of Indian enemies. D. The absence of a charter for the colony of Massachusetts.

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Harry Horton · Answer 1

A. The growing number of Anglo-Indian marriages.

Explanation:

During the period of settlement, many white settlers interacted with people from indian communities and fell in love with them.

At that time, the puritans saw this as a problem (since the natives held a different religion than the majority of the settlers). They established half-way covenant as a way to convert the indians and the children that born from the mixed relationship into their religion.