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The Pilgrims
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| was started when the English broke away from the Catholic Churches and started their own sect(religious group) | The Church of England |
| wanted to purify the church | Puritans |
| did not agree with some of the practices of the Church of England and wanted to separate from it | Separatists |
| felt they were losing their English culture here and not satisfied with the jobs that were available | Netherlands |
| a group of investors | joint stock company |
| merchants the pilgrims asked to help fund their voyage by buying stock | joint stock company |
| is where they started and not where they intended to land but they named their land after it | Plymouth |
| where they wanted to land but sailed too far north and landed near Cape Cod | near Jamestown |
| was a leader of the separatist congregation and founded the Plymouth colony and was their pastor | William Bradford |
| the first Native American to make contact with the pilgrims | Samoset |
| learned English from fisherman | Samoset |
| taught the pilgrims where to plant corn,where to catch fish, and how to fertilize the fields with the fish remains | Squanto |
| a group of Native American tribes that were ruled by Chief Massasoit | Wampanoag |
| first document to set up a self government | Mayflower Compact |
| cornerstone of American government | Mayflower Compact |
| all the men on the Mayflower signed this | Mayflower Compact |
| wanted to return to a simpler faith | Puritans |
| broke away and became their own colony | Separatists |
| where they wanted to go but storms blew them off course | Cape Cod |