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This ruler wanted all his people to attend the Church of England.
Who is the King of England?
Pilgrims lived here for about 10 years but did not like it because they could not find good jobs and did not like the customs their children were beginning to pick up on.
What is Holland?
This a hard biscuit that Pilgrims ate on their journey over the ocean.
What is hardtack?
The pilgrims were called this because they wanted to separate from the Church of England.
What is a Separatist?
These were built out of squared timber, not logs. They were made out of pine, oak, and cedar trees. They had a roof made of thatch.
What is a house?
How did the Pilgrims travel?
What is walking?
This ship was crowded and almost broke apart during a storm. Passengers only had about 6 feet by 3 feet of space to sleep and store their belongings on it.
What is the Mayflower?
This was built first in the colony and measured 20 square feet. It was used to store supplies and tools.
What is the common house?
The governor of the Plymouth Colony who wrote in a journal that was later made into a book.
Who is William Bradford?
Some people now call this the United States or North America. During Pilgrim times it was called this because it was land that was new to them.
What is the New World?
These were types of birds the Native Americans showed them they could eat.
What are duck, turkey, and geese?
This was an agreement between all the Pilgrims that they would stay together and follow a chosen governor once they found land. This was created because some Pilgrims wanted to leave the group and settle in a different place.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This church leader of Plymouth Colony.
Who is William Brewster?
This is the country where the King ruled and the country where most pilgrims were from.
What is England?
This an animal Native Americans showed the pilgrims they could eat that many people still eat today.
What is deer?
How long was the Pilgrim trip across the ocean?
What is two months.
The colonists used these to fertilize the corn. A Native American showed them how to do this.
What is fish?
The area of the United States where the Pilgrims landed is still called this today.
What is New England?
What did the Pilgrims do to prevent scurvy?
They ate onions and drank lemon juice and beer.
What ocean did the Pilgrims cross on the Mayflower?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
What are three challenges the Pilgrims had in the colony?
What is not enough food, no hospitals or doctors, and there was a drought.