Vocabulary
This group of people came over from England on the Mayflower... p.92
The Pilgrims
Was everyone in the colonies a Christian?
no
The name of the ship the pilgrims came over on was the
p.92
Mayflower
What was the name of schools that women sometimes taught in their houses from? p.106
Dame School
This group came to the New World searching for religious freedom p.96
Puritans
name some jobs the colonists did in New England p.103
fished, hunted, built ships, sold goods
Before leaving the ship, the pilgrims signed the ________ ________ to agree on laws p93
Mayflower Compact
a _______ was what the children used to learn to read and write from. p.106
hornbook
___________ were people who came to the New World and settled in the colonies. p101
colonists
What were different members of the family responsible for? What were they supposed to do?
Men, Women, and children
men- worked, ran farm, read Bible
women- cared for children, gardens, animals, cooked, made clothes
children- learned to jobs their parents did
The Pilgrims colony was called ____ p94
Plymouth
Larger towns has _______ ________ that only boys went to where they learned grammar, Greek, Latin, and math. p.107
grammar schools
A __________ was the name of the building where church and town meetings were held. p105
meetinghouse
_________ is a person's belief about where he came from, how to worship, and how to live. p.93
religion
Who helped the pilgrims ,during their difficult first year, learn how to grow crops and hunt in the new land?
Squanto
What was the main reason people sent their kids to school in the colonies? p106
so that they would learn how to read the Bible
The _________ was a time when the colonists returned to God. p.111
The Great Awakening
Name the four colonies that make up the New England Colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
the name of the Puritans settlement was _______ ___________ p97
Massachusetts's Bay
What is the name of the first college in the New World in Massachusetts? pg 107
Harvard College