Faith & Freedom
These English Christians wanted to SEPARATE completely from the Church of England rather than reform it.
Separatists/Pilgrims
This New England Colony was home to the Pilgrims' settlement at Plymouth.
Massachusetts
This Native American man helped the Pilgrims learn to grow crops and survive in their new home.
Squanto (Tisquantum)
Because New England's soil was often rocky and its growing season short, many colonists relied on fishing, trade, and this activity of building ships.
Shipbuilding
The Pilgrims arrived in America aboard this famous ship in 1620.
Mayflower
This group wanted to PURIFY the Church of England rather than separate from it.
Puritans
Roger Williams founded Providence in this colony after being banished from Massachusetts.
Rhode Island
This Puritan leader served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and described the colony as a "city upon a hill."
John Winthrop
This type of local self-government event allowed eligible New England colonists to gather, discuss community issues, and vote on decisions.
Town meeting
This harvest celebration shared by Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag people in 1621 is often remembered as the first event of this annual holiday.
Thanksgiving
This agreement, signed aboard a ship in 1620, established a plan for self-government at Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
Thomas Hooker helped establish this New England Colony, which later adopted the Fundamental Orders, an early written plan of government.
Connecticut
This religious dissenter was banished from Massachusetts and helped establish Rhode Island, where he promoted greater religious liberty.
Roger Williams
Unlike the large plantations of the South, New England families often lived in these closely settled communities.
Towns or villages
In 1692, fear and accusations of witchcraft led to a series of trials in this Massachusetts community.
Salem
Roger Williams disagreed with Massachusetts Puritan leaders about religious freedom. This vocabulary word means disagreement with established beliefs or authority.
Dissent
This northern New England Colony was known for its forests, fishing, and shipbuilding and shares its name with an English county.
New Hampshire
This woman challenged the religious leadership of Massachusetts Bay Colony and was eventually banished for her beliefs.
Anne Hutchinson
Puritans strongly encouraged children to learn to read so they could study this book for themselves.
The Bible
During the Salem Witch Trials, people were accused of witchcraft partly because witnesses claimed to see their spirits tormenting others. What was this controversial type of evidence called?
Spectral evidence
Puritan communities often described their relationship with God and their responsibilities to one another using this vocabulary word for a solemn agreement or promise.
Covenant
Name all four New England Colonies.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
This Puritan minister led settlers into the Connecticut River Valley and helped establish Hartford.
Thomas Hooker
The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, agreeing to establish laws for their community. This vocabulary term describes people governing their own community rather than relying entirely on a distant ruler.
Self-government
Contrary to popular belief, the 19 people executed after being convicted of witchcraft in Salem were killed by this method, not by burning at the stake.
Hanging