The Pilgrims Journey
This man left Jamestown for American in 1614 and named the new region New England
John Smith
_____________________ were not allowed to sign the Mayflower Compact.
Women
A Native American slave who showed the Pilgrims where to fish and how to plant crops.
Squanto
This is one of the last known peaceful meeting between colonists and natives
The first Thanksgiving
Who is the English ruler named in the Mayflower Compact?
King James I
The six present-day states in the New England region are...
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
The Mayflower was heading for ______________, but instead landed in ____________________.
Virginia; Cape Cod
This Native American welcomed the Pilgrims to the Atlantic Coast. He was an Abenaki who spoke English.
Samoset
What happened when the colonists divided the land in 1623?
The people worked harder
How did the writers of the Mayflower Compact make decisions?
majority rule
Who banned the Catholic Church in England?
King Henry VIII
The Mayflower Compact gave the New England colonists the right to govern themselves. This is called ____________________.
Self-Government
What was the item that colonists traded that allowed Plymouth to prosper?
Furs
Why did colonist and Native American relations come to an end after 1630?
Life began to change, colonists began to settle on Native American lands, and no longer needed Native Americans to help them
In the Spanish colonies, large homes called _______________ were built in the borderlands
haciendas
The _____________________ paid for the Pilgrimage to America.
Virginia Company
According to majority rule...
...more than half the people must agree to a law or decision.
Native Americans traded furs to the Englishmen for what items...
As fights broke out between colonists and natives, what ended?
Trade
Why were missions important to the Spanish colonies?
This is where the conquistadors and missionaries converted Native Americans to Christianity
Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
Religious Freedom
One of Plymouth's first governors wrote "Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven." Who was this man?
William Bradford
Why did the Plymouth colonists want to buy furs from Native Americans?
to sell in England
What are some reasons Native Americans began fighting with other Native Americans as Plymouth grew?
William Bradford supported a war, home lands grew smaller and this caused tribes to fight over control of hunting grounds
*You must answer all 3 questions for the 500 points:
1. People who agreed to work without pay were called _________________.
2. The lawmaking branch of the government is the ___________________ branch.
3. A crop sold for money such as tobacco.
1. indentured servants
2. legislative
3. cash crop