Countries and Travel
Why did William Bradford and the Separatists leave England?
to find a place where they could worship God in the way they believed was best. They also wanted to get away from King James who was treating them unfairly
When they got on the ship they met more colonists. They called the new colonists ____________________ and they called themselves _____________________.
Strangers and Saints
Who has four legs and a scaly beard in our house?
Ramen
What company did the government of Holland form?
Dutch West India Company
Why was he hired by the company?
to regain control of the city.
When they left England, what country did they sail to?
Holland (the Netherlands)
What did William Bradford decide to call the whole group of settlers?
Pilgrims.
Why did the pilgrims have the first Thanksgiving Feast and who did they invite?
The Pilgrims praised God for their survival. They celebrated by inviting the Wampanoag tribe to feastwith them. This feast was considered the first Thanksgiving.
In the year _________, the Lenape Indians sold ____________________ to ____________________.
1624
Manhattan Island
the Dutch West India Company
King Charles II declared _____________________ belonged to him.
the Dutch land
Why did they leave this country?
When they realized their children were forgetting their Separatist way of life.
What was the Mayflower Compact? Explain.
a written document that stated the rules and laws for their colony.
Who was Squanto and what did he do for the new colony?
an Indian that spoke English and helped the colonists learn how to grow crops. Starvation was avoided and the colony survived!
They called this new settlement _________________________________________.
New Amsterdam
He renamed New Amsterdam _______________________________.
New York
After Holland, what country did they decide to sail to next?
North America
What did the Pilgrims name the new colony?
Plymouth Plantation.
Who was Massasoit?
leader of the Wampanoag tribe.
Why did the new town fall apart?
(3 reasons)
The English government wanted to take control of New Amsterdam for themselves.
King Charles II of England declared the Dutch land was his and sent his armies to take over the land.
They defeated the Dutch and renamed the city New York.
What is Daddy's 1st name?
Jon
What ship did they sail on to get to the new country?
the Mayflower
______________ was elected the first governor of the new colony.
James Carver
Why did the new colony almost fail?
a. ________________________________________
b. ________________________________________
c. ________________________________________
Disease, freezing winters, and starvation
The company hired ________________________ as the new governor.
Peter Stuyvesant
Ranger