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100

Name 1 type of crop that grew in New England

Corn, beans or pumpkins

100

What was the Mayflower's original destination?

Virginia 

100

Which group did the Native American tribes of New England belong to?

The Algonquian People

100

Which two groups settled New England?

Puritans and Pilgrims

100

What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims?

How to plant crops and how to trade with other tribes.

200

Name 2 things New Englanders traded for wheat and tools.

Lumber, fish, maple syrup or livestock

200

What was the document that established Plymouth Colony's form of government?

They Mayflower Compact

200

What was the name of the Native American that taught the New Englanders to plant and grow crops?

Squanto or Tisquantum

200

Why did the Pilgrims travel to America?

To separate themselves from the Church of England. 

200

Name 2 states that are part of the New England Colonies.

New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts

300

The economy of New England was based on what two things?

trees (lumber and fishing)

300

Fill in the blank: "The Pilgrims decided they would govern themselves based on ________rule."

Majority

300

Name 2 Native American tribes that interacted with the New Englanders.

Wampanoag Massachuset, Nipmuch, Pennacook, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, or Quinnpiac

300

How were Puritans different that Pilgrims?

They wanted to reform the church rather than separate from it. 

300

What was John Winthrop famous for?

His sermon "A Model of Christian Charity"

400

The New England landscape is covered with what?

mountains, rivers, and miles of forest

400

The Mayflower was ____ of course during voyage. 

blown

400

Most Algonquian settlements survived by 

hunting, fishing, and gathering. 

400

Name 2 things the Pilgrims ate at Thanksgiving.

Deer, turkey, corn and bread

400

What did John Winthrop talk about in his sermon?

The colony being like a "city upon the hill" or a model for Christians around the world. 

500

The soil is ______ and ________ for farming

rocky and unsuited

500

When was the Mayflower Compact  signed?

1620

500

Squanto, or Tisquantum is best know for negotiating between the _______ and the _____________.

Pilgrims and Pokanokets

500

Who did the Pilgrims eat the Thanksgiving meal with?

Native American Friends. 

500
The passangers of the Mayflower would have ________to death with out the help of the Squanto and the local Native American tribes. 
starve