Plymouth Colony
What was the name of the group of English settlers who left Europe.
Pilgrims
What two ships set sail to America?
The Speedwell and The Mayflower
What is smaller than a mouse but higher than house? It is easier to see if at night.
A star
Who were the Native American people that lived in the same area as the Plymouth Colony?
The Wampanoag
How did the Pilgrims celebrate surviving the first winter?
Having a feast
What country did the Pilgrims leave?
Europe
What happened to the Speedwell?
It began to leak and they had to return to port.
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
The Pilgrims
Who was the chief of the Wampanoag?
Massasolt
Who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The Puritans
Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?
They wanted religious freedom and a new way of life.
What obstacles did the Pilgrims face on the voyage.
Mayflower was crowded, sickness, lack of clean water, storms
Why did the Pilgrims sail to America?
It was too far to swim
True or False
Chief Massasolt made a peace treaty with the Pilgrims?
True
The legislature in the Puritan villages
made the laws
Many pilgrims were part of a religious group known as______________________
Separatists
After two long months at sea where did the Pilgrims land.
The shores of Cape Cod in Massachusetts
What did one turkey say to the other turkey when they saw the Pilgrims land at Plymouth rock?
They look nice maybe they will have us over for dinner.
Who was the Wampanoag man that helped the Pilgrims?
Squanto
In what ways were the Puritans not being fair?
They told them what church they had to go to an what to believe in.
In England what happened to someone that wanted to separate from the Church of England.
They were persecuted and sometimes jailed
__________ __________an agreement on how issues would be settled and the colony would be run after arriving in New England
Mayflower Compact
What kind of cars would pilgrims drive today?
Plymouths
What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims?
How to plant corn, hunt and fish and tips on how to survive the winter
Who did not think the Puritan religion should not be part of the government?
Roger Williams