Religion in Europe
What was the biggest religion in Western Europe?
Catholicism / Christianity
Who started the Reformation in Europe?
Martin Luther
Who is in charge of the Church of England?
The King of England
Why did the Pilgrims not like the English Church?
Which company did the Pilgrims decide to take them to the New World?
The Virginia Company
Who is in charge of the Catholic Church?
The Pope
What the name of the pamphlet published by Martin Luther that helped to kickoff the Reformation?
The 95 These
What were the consequence of not going to church in England?
fines, jail time, lose of job, lose of property
What was a another name for the Pilgrims?
The Separatists
True or False: All passengers on the ship to the New World were Pilgrims.
False
How did the Catholic Church pay for their various expenses? Paintings, Churches, Castles
tithe / 10% tax
Describe what the main goals of the Reformation were?
People could win forgiveness by faith in god only.
All church teaching should be clearly based on the words of the Bible.
Pope and church traditions were false authorities.
All people in faith were equalble for them
Why did the King of England punish those that didnt go to church?
Not going to church was seen as disrespecting the king
Describe the different pull factors between the Jamestown Settlers and Pilgrims?
Jamestown = Economic
Pilgrim = Religious
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World?
The Mayflower
What were some of the reasons that Kings and Queens did not like the Church?
Paying to much taxes, did not like answering to Rome/Church, did not like that the Church had control over their local affairs
Why did Kings and Queens start to support Martin Luther?
they wanted to separate themselves from the Catholic Church's power
Before coming to America where did Pilgrims move to First?
Holland
Where did the Pilgrims land?
Massachusetts
What language did Catholic Church officials in their sermons?
Latin
As a result of the Reformation what happened to Christianity?
It split into different groups
Why did the Pilgrims decide that Holland wasn't for them?
They thought that Holland was a little to tolerant of people
They also saw that their children were adopting Holland’s culture rather than their English culture
What was the Mayflower Compact ad why was it important?
self-government