5th - SS Chapter 5 Lesson 3

Question 0

What is a person who wanted to separate from the Church of England?

Answer 0

Separatist

Question 1

What is a person who goes on a journey for religious reasons?

Answer 1

Pilgrim

Question 2

What is unfair treatment because of beliefs?

Answer 2

Persecution

Question 3

What is a plan of government for the town of Plymouth?

Answer 3

Mayflower Compact

Question 4

What is a person who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England?

Answer 4

Puritan

Question 5

What did the Pilgrims come to North America looking for?

Answer 5

Religious freedom

Question 6

What were the Pilgrims also called because they didn’t want to be a part of the Church of England?

Answer 6

Separatists

Question 7

Why did the Pilgrims decide to leave England?

Answer 7

Because they were being persecuted due to their beliefs.

Question 8

Who was the leader of the Pilgrims?

Answer 8

William Bradford

Question 9

Where were the Pilgrims going to settle in North America? And where did they settle and why?

Answer 9

Virginia; during their journey, they were pushed off course due to storms. So they landed much further north in New England.

Question 10

What was the plan of government that the Pilgrims wrote?

Answer 10

Mayflower Compact

Question 11

What did the Mayflower Compact state?

Answer 11

That the government would make “just and equal laws…for the general good of the colony.”

Question 12

What did the Pilgrims faced upon arriving in their new home?

Answer 12

Freezing weather, hunger, and diseases. Lost half of their settlers in the first three months.

Question 13

Who was the English speaking Native American that the Pilgrims meet?

Answer 13

Samoset a member of the Wampanoag people.

Question 14

Who helped the Pilgrims survive in their new colony?

Answer 14

The Wampanoag people

Question 15

Who helped the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people make a peace treaty?

Answer 15

Another English-speaking Native American named Squanto

Question 16

What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims?

Answer 16

He taught them where to hunt and fish and how to grow corn.

Question 17

Who did the Pilgrims invite to their Thanksgiving celebration and why?

Answer 17

The Wampanoag people because they helped them survive a very difficult year.

Question 18

In 1630, another group came to North America in search of religious freedom. What were they called?

Answer 18

Puritans

Question 19

How were the Puritans different from the Pilgrims?

Answer 19

The Puritans were persecuted because they wanted to change the Church of England.

Question 20

Who was the leader of the Puritans?

Answer 20

John Winthrop

Question 21

What did the Puritans call their colony?

Answer 21

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 22

What was the main town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Answer 22

Boston

Question 23

How did the Puritans avoid starvation upon their arrival in New England?

Answer 23

The Puritans brought 1,000 colonists and 15 ships loaded with food, tools, horses, and cows. And when the colonists arrived some small buildings and farms had already been built.

Question 24

In 1635, what did the Puritans build?

Answer 24

The first public school. They wanted children to be able to read the Bible and understand community laws.

Question 25

Explain the Puritans’ view about the colony.

Answer 25

They wanted a colony were they could worship as they pleased and set an example for how other people should live.