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Pilgrims & Puritans
UNIT 5: Pilgrims and Puritans
Term | Definition |
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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 | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
common house a house the people lived in together untilt their homes could be built | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
palisade a fence built for protection | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
William Brewster fixed the broken beam on the Mayflower using the screw from his printing press | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
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 | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
Samoset an English speaking Algonquin Indian; the first Indian the Pilgrims met | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
Massoit Chief of the Wampanoag Tribe | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
Patuxet Squanto's tribe that died from a disease. (It was their land that the Pilgrims settled on.) | people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
Holland the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England | 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 | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
pilgrim someone who takes a journey for religious reasons | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
John Howland fell overboard on the Mayflower and almost died | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
democracy type of government run by the people who elect their own leaders | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
Anne Hutchinson a colonist forced to leave the Massachuetts Bay Colony because she believed that the Holy Spirit spoke only to her | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
Massachusetts Bay Colony a colony set up by the Puritans | the first place the Pilgrims went for religious freedom when they left England |
Squanto Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
Cotton Mather a famous Puritan preacher; wrote the book, "Magnalia", telling about some of God's miracles in the New World | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
Convenant Love a love that represent a vertical relationship with God and a horizontal relationship with one another | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
John Winthrop Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
What year did the Mayflower sail to America, and approximately how many people were on board the ship? 1620; approximately 100 people on board | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
3 reasons Plymouth was a good place to live 1. good harbor 2. clean streams 3. fields ready to be planted | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
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. | Paxtuet Indian that helped the Pilgrims learn how to hunt, fish, and grow crops |
Explain the 5 kernels of corn. | During the starving time each person was given only 5 kernels of corn to eat. At Thanksgiving celebrations in the future, 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? The Pilgrims put their faith in God. Jamestown did not turn to God for guidance. | Thanksgiving 5 kernels of corn were placed |
Excommunicate 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. | |
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? keep the people awake during the long church services | |
Why did the church services last so long? The 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 | |
Farming was difficult so what did the Puritans turn to? They turned to the ocean and forest for fishing, whaling, building ships and trading goods | |
Why was farming difficult? 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 | |
How many puritans came to America between 1630-1646? 20,000 |