Pilgrims Found Plymouth Colony

Pilgrims Found Plymouth Colony

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Puritans Found Massachusetts Bay Colony

Chapter 3, Section 2

Directions: Read pages 92-95 and answer the following questions. Complete sentences are NOT necessary. You MUST write your answers on a separate sheet of lined paper. Your answers should be in your OWN words.

The Voyage of the Mayflower

1.  How were the Pilgrims’ motives for settlement in America different than those English who settled in Jamestown? You will not find this answer in the book.

2.  Describe the transition from Separatists to Pilgrims to Puritans (You will need to read page 94 before you can answer this). In other words, how is each religious group different?

3.  Why did some of the Pilgrims leave Holland and set sail for America?

4.  The Pilgrims received a charter from the Virginia Company to set up a colony where?

5.  Describe the Pilgrims journey to America.

6.  What colony did the Pilgrims establish? Where? When?

7.  Like the Jamestown settlers, the Pilgrims also had a form of government, the Mayflower Compact. Why was the Mayflower Compact necessary?

The Pilgrims Found Plymouth

8.  After almost a month, the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth harbor. What did they too face, just like the Jamestown settlers?

9.  Who did the Pilgrims owe a debt of gratitude to? Why?

10.  Describe the first Thanksgiving.

11.  How does the relationship between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims compare and contrast to the relationship between the Native Americans and the Jamestown settlers?

The Puritans Come to Massachusetts Bay

12.  Why did the Puritans come to America?

13.  What was the Great Migration?

14.  The Puritans received a charter in 1629 from who in order to establish a colony?

15.  In 1630, 11 ships with more than 1,000 Puritan settlers left England with their charter to establish what colony just north of Plymouth?

16.  Who was Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first governor?

17.  What phrase is associated with the Puritan goal to establish a model Christian society? (see quote page 94).

The New England Way

18.  What was the General Court?

19.  What was the New England Way?