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6th grade ch. 5 sec 3
Question | Answer |
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According to your book, what were some of the reasons that colonists came to North America? | explore, gain wealth, spread religion |
What group of people in England wanted to leave the Church of England? | Separatists |
Why did the Separatists want to leave the Church of England? | it was to much like the Roman Catholic Church |
who was the leader of the Separatists? | William bradford |
What did the Separatists decide to do? | leave Eangland |
Why did the Separatist leave England? | so they could worship as they pleased |
What name was given to the Separatists? | pilgrim |
What is a pilgrim? | a person who journeys for religious reasons? |
Who did Bradford ask for permission to begin a settlement in Virginia? | Virginia Company |
When did the Pilgrims start for America? | September 1620 |
What was the name of their ship? | Mayflower |
Why didn't they land in Virginia? | the storms made them loose their way |
Where did the pilgrims land? | Cape Cod |
What was the name of the region where the Pilgrims landed? | New England |
Who named New England? | James Smith |
Where did the Pilgrims settle? | Plymouth |
What plan of government did they write? | Mayflower Company |
What Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive? | Wampanoag People |
Why were the Wampanoag invited to their feast? | because they helped them survive the first winter |
What was the second group of settlers who came in 1630 called? | Puritans |
How did the Puritans get their name? | they wanted to purify the Church of England |
Who was the Puritans leader? | John Winthrop |
What did the Puritans call their colony? | Massachusetts Bay Colony |
When did Puritans build their 1st main settlement? | 1628 |
What did the Puritans call their main settlement | Boston |
What helped the economy of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to thrive? | fish, fur trading, and ship building |
Who built the first public school in the England colonies? | Puritans |