Before Boston
The name of the peninsula the puritans first arrived on.
Shawmut Peninsula
The word for having more than one god.
Polytheism
This dissident of the puritan church was considered a heretic by John Winthrop
Anne Hutchinson
A body of water protected and deep enough to allow ships to anchor.
Harbor
William Blackstone
English Protestants (Christians) who wanted to purify and simplify the Church of England’s rituals.
Puritans
The Puritans left for the new world because of their conflicts with _____________.
The Church of England
A grant or guarantee of rights, franchises, or privileges from the sovereign power of a state or country.
Charter
We could tell a lot about how the natives lived because of these archaeological finds.
Middens
The leader of the puritan church in early Boston.
John Winthrop
The leader of the Wampanoag Tribe during a major conflict between the Natives and Puritans.
King Philip or Metacom
The ship that carries the commander of a fleet (group of ships)
Flagship
The place where Samuel Maverick established his trading post.
Noddle's Island
This minister was integral in the witch trials.
Cotton Mather
Describe why Praying Indians were caught in the middle of a conflict between Puritans and Natives.
Puritans didn't trust them, because they were native. Natives didn't trust them because they were "traitors" to the Native way of life.
Nets that trapped fish swept in at high tide
Weir
Name two of the native tribes already present in Boston
Massachusett, Wampanoag, Narraganset, Pequot, Mohegan, Nipmuck.
Name 3 things that John Eliot did for the Praying Indians.
- Developed written language
- Translated the Bible in native language
- Established Praying Towns
- Secured legal rights for Praying Indians
- funded and transported supplies for Praying Indians during KPW
Name and Describe ways that Puritans and Natives are different?
Clothing, religion, community, literacy.
A person who disagrees especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief.
Dissident