The Pilgrims
These people, who wished to separate from the Church of England, were known by this name.
A) Puritans
B) Separatists
C) Anglicans
B) Separatists
This man was chosen to be the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
A) John Winthrop
B) Roger Williams
C) Thomas Hooker
A) John Winthrop
This was the first colony in America where people of all faiths could worship freely.
A) Massachusetts
B) Connecticut
C) Rhode Island
C) Rhode Island
This document, signed aboard a ship, set up an organized government for the Pilgrim colony.
A) The Fundamental Orders
B) The Mayflower Compact
C) The Constitution
B) The Mayflower Compact
These two Native Americans befriended the Pilgrims and taught them how to grow corn, hunt, and fish.
A) Powhatan and Pocahontas
B) Metacomet and Massasoit
C) Squanto and Samoset
C) Squanto and Samoset
The Pilgrims sailed to America on this ship in 1620.
A) The Godspeed
B) The Mayflower
C) The Pinta
B) The Mayflower
He was forced to leave Massachusetts and founded the colony of Rhode Island.
A) John Wheelwright
B) Roger Williams
C) John Smith
B) Roger Williams
Three towns, including Hartford, joined together to form this colony.
A) New Hampshire
B) Connecticut
C) Rhode Island
B) Connecticut
The movement of more than 15,000 Puritans to Massachusetts during the 1630s became known as this.
A) The Great Escape
B) The Great Migration
C) The Puritan Flight
B) The Great Migration
After their first successful harvest, the Pilgrims shared a feast of thanksgiving with these people.
A) The Narragansett
B) The Wampanoag
C) The Mohegans
B) The Wampanoag
After being blown off course, the Pilgrims landed and started their colony at a place they called this.
A) Jamestown
B) Boston
C) Plymouth
C) Plymouth
This Massachusetts minister, who disliked the Puritan leadership, led his congregation to Connecticut and founded Hartford.
A) Thomas Hooker
B) John Winthrop
C) Roger Williams
A) Thomas Hooker
John Wheelwright led a group of dissidents from Massachusetts to found the town of Exeter in this future colony.
A) New Hampshire
B) New York
C) Plymouth
A) New Hampshire
This document, adopted in 1639 in Connecticut, was the first written constitution in America.
A) The Fundamental Orders
B) The Mayflower Compact
C) The Bill of Rights
A) The Fundamental Orders
"King Philip" was the English name for this Wampanoag leader who waged war against the colonies.
A) Metacomet
B) Samoset
C) Squanto
A) Metacomet