A group of people from England, who decided to settle in America
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Where did the Pilgrims build their first settlement?
Plymoth, Massachusetts
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Which is bigger, a ship or a boat?
A ship
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What did both the Pilgrim boys and girls need to learn?
They needed to learn to read.
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What types of meat did the Pilgrims eat?
Deer and turkey and livestock such as pig and beef.
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Why did the Pilgrims decide to go to America?
They wanted to find religious freedom.
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Where did the Pilgrims come from?
England
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The Mayflower moved slowly. (True or False)
True
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What were the responsibilities of a Pilgrim boy?
Helping father on the farm, chopping wood, and learning to hunt.
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In what type of shelter did the Pilgrims live?
They had wooden houses with dirt floors and straw roofs.
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What was the original destination of the Mayflower ship?
The original destination was New York.
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Who signed the Mayflower Compact?
The adult Pilgrim men signed it.
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How many decks did the Mayflower have?
Three decks
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What were the responsibilities of a Pilgrim girl?
They helped their mothers cook, clean, and sew. They took care of the younger children, and they worked in the garden and fed the chickens.
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What types of vegetables did the Pilgrims eat?
Corn, beans, and squash
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How many men were on the ship?
51
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What did the Mayflower Compact establish?
The Mayflower Compact established or set up a government.
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The middle deck was the deck where the passengers lived. (True or False)
True
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What activity did the Pilgrim families do each evening?
They read the bible and sang hymns.
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How did they cook their food?
In a cast iron pot on fireplace
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How many days did the trip/journey take?
The trip/journey took 66 days.
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What did the Mayflower Compact say?
It said all the colonists had to follow the rules of the new government.
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What is a trading post and why did they use them?
A trading post was a place where the Pilgrims could meet with other settlers and Indians that was easy for everyone to get to. They used them to trade goods for other goods.
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What are four challenges the Pilgrims faced in the New Land?
They had to learn rivers and streams were.
They had to learn which plants were harmful and which plants they could use.
They only had the supplies they brought with them.
There were no doctors' offices or hospitals.
They had to learn what crops would grow.
They had to deal with droughts.
They didn't have enough food.
They missed their loved ones back home in England.
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Why did the Pilgrims choose Plimoth to settle?
There was fresh water from nearby rivers, and fruit trees nearby, and it was on a high hill, which offered a good view of the ocean.