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Vocabulary
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Why did the Pilgrims leave England?
What is to find religious freedom
100
What did the Puritans name their settlement?
What is Boston
100
Who were the people that traveled to America?
Who are Jesuits, Missionaries, or French colonists.
100
Who are patroons?
Who are wealthy men who could afford to bring people and supplies to settle the land.
100
an animal skin with hair or fur still attached.
What is pelt.
200
Where did the pilgrims go before coming to America? Why did they leave there?
What is they went to the Netherlands and they left because jobs were few and wages were low.
200
Why did the Puritans decide to leave England?
What is because King Charles I threw many Puritan leaders into prison.
200
Why did France establish a colony in America?
What is to trade and to convert Native Americans to Catholicism
200
What was the largest settlement in New Netherland?
What is New Amsterdam
200
a person who wanted to purify the Church of England
What is a Puritan
300
Who was Squanto? How did he help the pilgrims?
What is Native American who helped the pilgrims become friends with other indian tribes, and he introduced them to corn.
300
What was the goal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
What is to create a community that would be a model for the world.
300
How did most French colonists make a living?
What is by trapping and trading furs.
300
Who was director-general who set and enforced strict rules?
Who is Peter Stuyvesant
300
Define Pilgrim
Who is a person who travels to a holy place.
400
What is the name of the ship the Pilgrims traveled on to America? What year did they arrive?
What is the Mayflower and they arrived in 1620
400
Who was John Winthrop?
Who was Puritan leader who studied reports from previous colonists to learn what they needed.
400
Why were the Native Americans of New France so eager to trade fur for metal tools?
What is because fur was easy to get, but metal tools were not. Metal tools were very durable and useful.
400
Why were there many people from many countries in New Amsterdam?
What is because the Dutch welcomed settlers from other nationalities and religions.
400
Define missionary
Who is someone who travels to do religious work.
500
What was the Mayflower Compact? Why was it important?
What is it was an agreement that provided the community with a government and a set of laws.
500
Why is this colony known as the most successful colony?
What is because they studied reports, and gathered supplies and equipment. They were the first settlers to come to the Americas well equipped.
500
Who was Paul Le Jeune? What did he do?
What is a missionary who traveled to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.
500
How did the Dutch convince people to settle in New Netherland?
What is by granting large land areas to wealthy men.
500
Define Separatist
Who is a person who wanted to separate from the Church of England and start a new Church.