COLONY
WHAT YEAR DID THE PURITANS COME TO MASSACHUSETTS?
1630
THE PURITANS DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THEIR COLONY AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD OF GOOD LIVING THAT HONORS GOD? TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
THE PURITANS WERE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
TRUE OR FALSE
WHY DID THE PURITANS SETTLE NEAR THE SEA?
TO FISH AND TO GET BACK TO ENGLAND IF THEY NEEDED TO
THE PURITANS CAME HERE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BUT DID THEY LET OTHERS HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM?
NO, THEY THOUGHT IS WAS WRONG TO PRACTICE ANOTHER RELIGION.
WERE THE PURITANS MORE PREPARED THAN THE PILGRIMS FOR THEIR JOURNEY?
YES
WHERE DID THE PURITANS LAND IN MASSACHUSETTS?
SALEM THEN BOSTON
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THE SHIPS THAT LEFT ENGLAND?
1000
WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY DID THE PURITANS SET UP?
A MODEL COMMUNITY
Where were the Puritans unhappy and wanted to change the king's church?
England
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE COLONY THAT THE PURITANS SET UP?
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
IF THE PURITANS DIDN'T FOLLOW THE KINGS RULES OF THE CHURCH WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY WERE EITHER LOCKED IN JAIL OR HUNG
HOW MANY SHIPS DID JOHN WINTHROP LEAD ACROSS THE OCEAN?
16
MOST OF THE PURITANS WERE WHAT?
Winthrop took a small group of settlers to form a new town within Massachusetts Bay Colony. This town became the city of __________, and is now our state capital.
Boston
WHO WAS THE GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY?
JOHN WINTHROP
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PURITANS WANT TO DO WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND?
GET RID OF ALL THE FANCY DECORATIONS, CROSSES AND ROBES
NAME THE SHIP THAT JOHN WINTHROP WAS ON?
ARBELLA
WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DID THE PURITANS SET UP?
A STRICT ONE
What was used as a church and a place for town meetings?
The Meeting House.
WHY DID THE PURITANS LEAVE ENGLAND?
THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE KING'S CHURCH
WHAT DOES PURIFY MEAN?
TO CLEAN IT OUT AND MAKE PURE AGAIN
WHO LED THE PURITANS ON THEIR JOURNEY?
JOHN WINTHROP
What did the children learn from if they were lucky enough to go to school?
Horn Book
THE PURITANS BELIEVED THT EDUCATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND BUILT THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL CALLED?
FIRST LATIN SCHOOL