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100

Name the body of water that the New England colonies bordered to the east.

The Atlantic Ocean

100

This was the main economic activity in many costal New England towns that involved catching cod and other sea life.

Fishing

100

Religious freedom means to _________.

A. Be diverse

B. Not go to church

C. Practice your religion freely

D. Use religion for power


C. Practice your religion freely


100

Name a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

John Winthrop 

100

A resource is---

A. Reusing an item more than once

B. Things people use to  make goods or earn money

B

200

Name the four New England Colonies

Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut

200

Puritan women did not have jobs outside the home. What was their main responsibility? 

What is to educate and care for children

200

 In the section of the text Deadly Encounters, which of these is NOT a terrible effect caused by King Phillip’s war?

 A. food shortages
 B. Colonists gave up their land
 C. spread of deadly diseases
  

B. They just gave up their land 

200

Name the explorer who landed in South America and also who our country was named after.

A. John Winthrop

B. Christopher Columbus

C. Amerigo Vespucci

Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

200

This established "just laws" for the colonists who were arriving in the New England colonies. 

What is the Mayflower compact?

300

What direction did Pilgrims travel to get away from their mother country of England? 

Hint: Use the compass rose -travelled from Europe to North America

What is America is located to the west of Europe, across the Atlantic Ocean? 

300

New England colonists made money by using the Atlantic Ocean for ______. Name one way they could use the waterways for cash! 

What was fishing, trade, whaling

300

What did the Puritans come to the New England region to find?

Religious freedom

300

 What group was led by William Bradford and was known as separatists because they wanted to separated from the Church of England? 

The Pilgrims
300

In Seeking Religious Freedom, William Bradford asked the Virginia Company for a charter. What is a charter? 

What is it granted the Pilgrims land for a new settlement? 

400

Explain how the climate had an influence on settlement and daily life in the New England Colonies.

Rocky soil and cold weather limited crops they could grow

400

The New England colonies had a variety of ways to make a living after an economic depression. What word means the same as "a variety of things that are different from each other?" 

What is diverse? 

400

Each town made it's own government with _____

local leaders. This word means voted on by the people. 

What is elected?

400

In the section of the book about Dissenters

____ ___________was another dissenter. She led neighbors and friends in prayer at her home. She thought that people who believed in God could worship on their own.

 

Who was Anne Hutchinson? 


400

In the section "Thrive,"  the colonists were still thriving and had a booming economy.  Why was this a problem for England? 

England wanted to keep the colonies and make money from them. 

500

Where did the Pilgrims land in December of 1620?

What is Plymouth Rock?
500

Name an export from the New England colonies

Export- to send goods to another place to sell

What is fish & lumber

500

Trading plants, animals, goods, and ideas between the Old World and New World. 

What is the Columbian Exchange? 

500

The dissenter who founded the colony of Rhode Island is _____________

Who is Roger Williams

500

_____ ________came to New England with her family on the Arabella. Though not formally educated, she wrote a book of poems. It is the first published poetry written in America. The poems are well known to this day. 

Who was Anne Bradstreet? 

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