When did The Eleuthrian Adventures arrive in The Bahamas?

• A. 1679
• B. 1650
• C. 1710
• D. 1685

Answer: (A)

The test is looking at the timing of a notable early colonial migration to the Bahamas. The Eleutheran Adventurers were a group of English Puritans who left Bermuda in the late 1640s to establish a settlement in the Bahamas, founding communities on Eleuthera. Their move reflected the search for religious freedom and new opportunities, and the name Eleuthera itself means freedom in Greek, highlighting their motives. Historical accounts place their arrival around 1648–1649, with 1650 often used as the closest approximate date in many summaries. So, the idea is that this settlement happened in the late 1640s, not in the later 17th century; the year 1679 would be far outside the established timeline.