Vocabulary
Individual gives money to a business hoping to make more money in return
Investor
Left England seeking religious freedom
Both
What percentage to colonists died in Plymouth the first winter?
50%
Who was the first elected leader of the Pilgrims?
William Bradford
Who was the leader of the Puritans?
John Winthrop
The agreement the Pilgrims wrote to say how they would govern themselves
Mayflower Compact
Called their main settlement Boston
Puritans
How many passengers were on the Mayflower?
102
Why did the Pilgrims have the first Thanksgiving?
To celebrate a good harvest
What did the Puritans call their colony?
Massachusetts Bay
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons
Pilgrim
DAILY DOUBLE: Established a colony in New England
Both
In what year was the first Thanksgiving held?
1621
What Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims?
Wampanoag
What was the first college/university founded in America?
Harvard
Charter
Legal document
Helped by Squanto and Samoset
Piligrims
How many colonists did the Puritans have at first?
700
Pilgrims who wanted to break away completely from the Church of England
Separatists
The Puritans wanted to create an example to follow so they considered their colony a ...
"City Upon a Hill"
Someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time
Indentured Servant
Education was important to them because they wanted everyone to be able to read the Bible
Puritans
In what year did the Mayflower arrive in the New World?
1620
Where did Pilgrims have meetings and other gatherings?
Meetinghouse
The Massachusetts Bay experienced a lot of ______ with Native Americans.
Conflict