A group of people from England, who decided to settle in America
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Where did the Pilgrims build their first settlement?
Plimoth, Massachusetts
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What were two responsibilities of a Pilgrim woman?
They made clothes and cleaned the house.
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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 a place where they could worship their own religion
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Where did the Mayflower land first?
Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod
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What were two responsibilities of a Pilgrim man?
They built the houses and traded with the Indian tribes.
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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 happened to the Mayflower on the journey?
There were bad storms, and a piece of wood (the main beam) broke and the ship almost sank.
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Who signed the Mayflower Compact?
The adult Pilgrim men signed it. Women were not allowed to sign; they were spoken for by their husbands.
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What did a Pilgrim woman do to feed her family?
She made the fire for cooking, cooked the food, and worked in the garden.
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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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What were the names of the two ships the Pilgrims sailed from England?
The Speedwell and the Mayflower
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Why did the Pilgrims choose the location of Plimoth harbor?
The harbor was deep so boats could come close to shore.
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What did the Pilgrim men do to feed the family?
The hunted deer and turkey, fished and dug for clams, and grew corn, beans, and squash.
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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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Why was the journey so difficult for the passengers?
The space below deck was very crowded, they ran out of fresh food, and people got sick
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What is the Mayflower Compact?
A paper the Pilgrims wrote making a promise that they would work together to make good laws for their new government, and everyone would obey them.
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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.