Puritans and Separatists
They wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England
Who was a Separatist?
What is money
Date, month and year and passengers boarding the Mayflower
Sept 16, 1620
102
Pilgrims settled on a hill in Plymouth, 3 resources
Water, good harbor and fields
1629
Mass Bay Company received a charter from King Charles 1 to settle in New England
Wanted to purify, or change, the Church of England
Who was a Puritan?
The Separatists made an agreement
Who was a company of investors
A person who goes on a long journey usually for a Religious purpose
Who was a Pilgrim
Became governor of Plymouth
Who is William Bradford
Leader of the Puritans and a member of the Mass Bay Colony
John Winthrop
Encouraged equality among worshipers
What was the Protestant Reformation?
5 things the company payed for
trip, shelter, food, tools, supplies
Explained how the Pilgrims would govern themselves
What was the Mayflower Compact
Everyone in the Plymouth colony had to work
cut down trees to build houses
clear fields
grow own food to eat
trade with Wampanoag for furs
Towns the Puritans built
Boston, Charlestown, Dorchester, Lynn
Stayed in this country for 12 years
What was the Netherlands
7 years
Mouth of Hudson River
1621
The first Thanksgiving celebrated
Governed all in the colony and all colonists had to obey
Church leaders and church teachings
Separatists decided to move to this North American place after the Netherlands
What is the Virginia Colony
The Separatists would send natural resources back to England
lumber, fish and furs
Bad weather and dangerous water conditions forced them North, but this place had bad soil
What is Cape Cod
The economy in Plymouth was based off of
Family Farms
1650 - Praying Towns. Native Americans living here had to give up things
Native language, ceremonies, beliefs, and customs