Geography
Name the body of water that the New England colonies bordered to the east.
The Atlantic Ocean
This was the main economic activity in many costal New England towns that involved catching cod and other sea life.
Fishing
Religious freedom means to _________.
A. Be diverse
B. Not go to church
C. Practice your religion freely
D. Use religion for power
C. Practice your religion freely
Name a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
A resource is---
A. Reusing an item more than once
B. Things people use to make goods or earn money
B
Name the four New England Colonies
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Puritan women did not have jobs outside the home. What was their main responsibility?
What is to educate and care for children
In the section of the text Deadly Encounters, which of these is NOT a terrible effect caused by King Phillip’s war?
A. food shortages
B. Colonists gave up their land
C. spread of deadly diseases
B. They just gave up their land
Name the explorer who landed in South America and also who our country was named after.
A. John Winthrop
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Amerigo Vespucci
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
This established "just laws" for the colonists who were arriving in the New England colonies.
What is the Mayflower compact?
What direction did Pilgrims travel to get away from their mother country of England?
Hint: Use the compass rose -travelled from Europe to North America
What is America is located to the west of Europe, across the Atlantic Ocean?
New England colonists made money by using the Atlantic Ocean for ______. Name one way they could use the waterways for cash!
What was fishing, trade, whaling
What did the Puritans come to the New England region to find?
Religious freedom
What group was led by William Bradford and was known as separatists because they wanted to separated from the Church of England?
In Seeking Religious Freedom, William Bradford asked the Virginia Company for a charter. What is a charter?
What is it granted the Pilgrims land for a new settlement?
Explain how the climate had an influence on settlement and daily life in the New England Colonies.
Rocky soil and cold weather limited crops they could grow
The New England colonies had a variety of ways to make a living after an economic depression. What word means the same as "a variety of things that are different from each other?"
What is diverse?
Each town made it's own government with _____
local leaders. This word means voted on by the people.
What is elected?
In the section of the book about Dissenters
____ ___________was another dissenter. She led neighbors and friends in prayer at her home. She thought that people who believed in God could worship on their own.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
In the section "Thrive," the colonists were still thriving and had a booming economy. Why was this a problem for England?
England wanted to keep the colonies and make money from them.
Where did the Pilgrims land in December of 1620?
Name an export from the New England colonies
Export- to send goods to another place to sell
What is fish & lumber
Trading plants, animals, goods, and ideas between the Old World and New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The dissenter who founded the colony of Rhode Island is _____________
Who is Roger Williams
_____ ________came to New England with her family on the Arabella. Though not formally educated, she wrote a book of poems. It is the first published poetry written in America. The poems are well known to this day.
Who was Anne Bradstreet?