Native Americans and Settlers
Native Americans
Why was a church one of the first things the settlers built in Stratford?
Church and religion were very important to them.
What was the teacher called in the first school in Stratford?
Schoolmaster
What did the townspeople believe witches could do?
Make their crops spoil, make their cattle die, poison water, fly on broomsticks
They got sick and did not have the medicine that we have today.
What was a Native American's house called?
Wigwam
What did the first church look like? (at least 2 traits)
The floor was dirt, the windows were made of oiled paper, there was a bell, the benches were hard and uncomfortable.
What was different about the school's bathrooms?
They had two outhouses behind the school.
Who did the townspeople think were witches?
Regular women that acted a little differently.
What did the doctors in England create to help protect people from small pox?
A vaccine
What did the settlers and Native Americans do when they first met? How did it end?
They had a war and the settlers won.
Who had to go to church?
Everyone except for young babies and very old people.
How many students were in the school?
120
How did the men in the town "solve" the wolf problem?
They hunted wolves together in a group.
Where did all the sick people go so they wouldn't get other people sick?
A pest house
Where did the Native Americans live after the settlers took their land?
A reservation.
Who was in charge of making sure the young boys and girls behaved during church services?
The tithing man.
The younger boy and girls went during the summer and the older boys went in the winter because they had to help on their family's farm in the summer.
What was one story the men in Stratford shared about wolves?
What is the word for, "ability to spread disease"?
Contagious
What is the first thing the settlers did when they took over Stratford?
How did the people pay for the first church?
Taxes
Why did the town want to teach all young boys and girls to read and write?
What happened to Goody Bassett?
People accused her of being a witch. She had to go to court and no one stood up for her so she was killed.
What are medicines made at home called?