Geography & Economy
What animal was hunted and used for lamp oil?
Whales
What did adult male settlers sign promising to follow laws made for the common good?
The Mayflower Compact
Who wanted to break away entirely from the Church of England?
Pilgrims
What language did Squanto speak that allowed him to teach Plymouth colonists how to plant native crops?
English
Name a state that was once part of The New England colonies.
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Maine
Dense forests provided timber, making _____ a major industry.
Shipbuilding
The Fundamental Orders of _____, limited the governor's power and allowed non-church property owners to vote.
Connecticut
Who wanted to reform and simplify practices within the Church of England rather than leave it completely?
Puritans
As thousands of settlers moved into New England, land became scarce, creating tension with who?
Native Americans
What college was originally founded in 1638?
Harvard
Farming in New England was difficult for colonists because the soil was _____.
Rocky
Voters _____ representatives to a governing assembly called the General Court.
Elected
Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts after telling Puritan leaders during her trial that God spoke directly to whom?
Her
What group of people were captured and sold into slavery?
Native Americans
In Salem 20 people were executed for what crime?
Witchcraft