Question 1-5
Why did the Puritans settle in America?
For religious freedom
What is the importance of the Mayflower?
The ship that took the Pilgrims to America (The New World)
Who was Squanto?
English speaking warrior who taught the Pilgrims how to hunt, fish, farm, and survive
What is the definition of tolerance?
The willingness to allow or overlook something
What was the capital of the Connecticut River Valley?
Hartford
Why did some people in England dissent against the Church of England?
Some people dissented against the Churches beliefs and practices
What was the name of the colony founded by the Pilgrims?
Plymouth
What was the date of the first Thanksgiving
Fall of 1621
Whst is the importance of John Winthrop?
Governor and leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
who helped found (establish) the city of Boston
What is the importance of the Fundamental Order of Connecticut?****
The first written constitution in America
What is the definition of a Puritan?
Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England
(didn't think the church was strict enough)
What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
Mayflower compact was a key step in the development of representative,
democratic government in America
What is the importance of the Massachusetts Bay Company ( not colony)?
company formed by a group of Puritans that are given
the right to establish a colony north or plymouth
Why was the colony of Massachusetts founded?
As a place the Puritans could practice their strict religious beliefs
Why was the colony of Connecticut founded?
Religious tolerance
What is the definition of a separatist?
People who wanted to set up their own church
Why was the Mayflower Compact signed aboard the ship and not on the new land?
It set up an organized and orderly government for ALL the Pilgrims.
Onboard the ship all rules and laws were based on EQUALITY
Both man, woman, and child all had the same rights
What was the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Boston
What is the geography like on the Connecticut River Valley?
Rich soil that is good for farming
What is the importance of Roger Williams?
A minister who founded the town of Providence
based on religious tolerance and freedom
Who believed the government should not
force people to worship a certain way
What is the definition of a pilgrim?
Someone who goes on a religious journey
Identify who was Massasoit?
Massasoit was Chief of the Wampanoag tribe
who wanted the support and friendship of the Pilgrims
(to defeat other tribes if necessary)
What was the great migration?
When more than 15,000 puritans journeyed from England to Massachusetts
to start a colony based on strict religious beliefs
What is the importance of Thomas Hooker?
Thomas Hooker believed in REKIGIOUS TOLERANCE
Led his group our of Mass. to Connecticut
Who were the Narragansett tribe?
Tribe of Iroquois Indians that sold land to Roger Williams
granted him refuge from the people of Massachusetts