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Ch 5 Les 5: Plymouth
Plymouth Colony
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the Separatists? | English who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Before coming to America, where did the Separatists go first? | Holland |
| Why did the English leave Holland if they had religious freedom? | They didn't want their children learning Dutch ways. |
| What term is used for a person who makes a journey for religious reasons? | Pilgrim |
| In exchange for paying for the colonists' voyage, what would the colonists need to do when they got to America? | Send the company fish, furs, and lumber |
| What was the name of the ship that brought the colonists to America? | Mayflower |
| Were all the passengers on the Mayflower Pilgrims? If not, who else was on the ship? | No, some of the passengers were servants and workers hired to build a colony. |
| What did the men aboard the Mayflower sign that agreed to 'just and equal laws'? | The Mayflower Compact |
| What is a compact? | An agreement |
| What does self-rule mean? | Govern oneself |
| What is majority rule? | Majority rule is when more than half of the people have to agree for a decision to be made. |
| What was the first winter like for the colonists? | It was cold and there was little food. Many became ill and about half of them died |
| What Native American stayed with the colonists and taught them how to fish and farm? | Tisquantum (Squanto) |
| What changed the relationship between the colonists and the Wampanoags? | More settlers came and were not friendly to the Indians and settled on more of their land |
| How did the way the colonists divided the harvest change from the first time the colonists arrived in America and about three years later? | At first the harvest was divided equally. Then each person was given their own land, but they also had a common area. |
| Why did the colonists who arrived in later years do better than the first colonists? | The earlier colonists had done well so when later ones arried their were goods for them to trade and buy. |
| Who was the strong leader in Plymouth that was reelected governor 30 times. | William Bradford |
| Why did many settlers come to Plymouth Colony? | religious freedom |
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