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Pilgrims & Puritans
The Pilgrims and Puritans
| Puritans | people who wanted to purify the Church of England |
| Separatists | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| "strangers" | passengers on the Mayflower who were not Separatists |
| common house | a house the people lived in together until their homes could be built |
| palisade | a fence built for protection |
| William Brewster | fixed the broken beam on the Mayflower using the screw from his printing press |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement signed on the Mayflower which stated that town meetings would be held each year so that the people could vote of decisions for the town and elect a Governor |
| Samoset | an English speaking Algonquin Indian; the first Indian the Pilgrims met |
| Massasoit | Chief of the Wampanoag Tribe |
| Patuxet | Squanto's tribe that died from a disease. (It was their land that the Pilgrims settled on.) |
| Holland | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
| Church of England | England's national church, run by the house of Bishops |
| pilgrim | someone who takes a journey for religious reasons |
| John Howland | fell overboard on the Mayflower and almost died |
| democracy | type of government run by the people who elect their own leaders |
| Anne Hutchinson | a colonist forced to leave the Massachuetts Bay Colony because she believed that the Holy Spirit spoke only to her |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | a colony set up by the Puritans |
| Squanto | Patuxet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow corn |
| Cotton Mather | a famous Puritan minister; wrote the book, "Magnalia", telling about some of God's miracles in the New World |
| Convenant Love | a love that represent a vertical relationship with God and a horizontal relationship with one another |
| John Winthrop | Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| What year did the Mayflower sail to America, and approximately how many people were on board the ship? | 1620; approximately 100 people on board |
| 3 reasons Plymouth was a good place to live | 1. good harbor 2. clean streams 3. fields ready to be planted |
| What did the Pilgrims do when the drought came and how did God respond? | They turned to God; prayed and fasted; humbled themselves. God sent 14 days of soft rain. |
| Explain the 5 kernels of corn. | During the starving time each person was given only 5 kernels of corn to eat. In the following years at Thanksgiving, 5 kernels of corn were placed at each plate as a reminder of how God had provided for their needs. |
| How were the Jamestown settlers different from the Pilgrims? | Pilgrims put their faith in God; were hard workers; came for religious reasons. Jamestown settlers did not rely on God; did not want to work; were more interested in finding gold. |
| excommunication | to be kicked out of the church, cut off from all religious and social activities of the community |
| How did the Puritans deal with sin? | They looked at the sin in their own hearts, and they looked at the sins of others. They felt that an individual's sin affected everyone. |
| Main reason the Puritans came to America. | to build God's kingdom on earth and serve as an example to others of how a Godly community should be run |
| What was tithingman's job? | to keep the people awake during the long church services |
| Why did the church services last so long? | The Puritan people hungered for God's Word. |
| Two things that Puritans considered sacred | Marriage and training children |
| Things the Puritans did for fun | building homes, quilting, sewing, playing games, and spelling bees |
| Because farming was difficult in New England, what other jobs did the people do? | fishing, whaling, building ships, and trading goods |
| Why was farming difficult in New England? | The summers were too short and the soil was too rocky |
| What year did the Puritans come to American and what colony did they establish | They came in 1630 and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Approximately how many Puritans came to America between 1630-1646? | 20,000 |
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