Saints and Strangers

Question 1

In _________ five or six Nauset Indians were trotting down the Cape Cod beach one November day, their dog in the lead, when they saw sixteen strangers coming toward them. The Indians Didn’t wait for an introduction; they turned and ran, whistling for their dog to follow.

Answer 1

1620

Question 2

Who was one of the leaders of the new scouting party of pilgrims?

Answer 2

William Bradford

Question 3

What happened to Bradford as they were walking through the woods?

Answer 3

As they hiked through the woods, they ran across a Indian deer trap
baited with acorns spread around a hidden noose. As Bradford walked through, the trap gave “a sudden jerk up, and he was immediately caught by the leg.

Question 4

By 1620 when the pilgrims arrived, _____________ had
Been exploring the coast for a hundred years.

Answer 4

Spanish, French, and English ships.

Question 5

Where did the Pilgrims go when they fled out of fear.

Answer 5

They sailed west until they reached a more sheltered harbor, unloading their gear near the boulder known today as Plymouth Rock.

Question 6

Who was Squanto?

Answer 6

Wampanoag Indian

Question 7

Why did Half the pilgrims die in the first winter?

Answer 7

They didn’t have time to plant crops.

Question 8

What did Squanto Teach the pilgrims how to do?

Answer 8

Squanto showed the newcomers how to plant Indian corn and fertilize it by placing a dead fish atop each seed.

Question 9

Who were the first protestants who came to New England looking to create a holy commonwealth of their own?

Answer 9

The Pilgrims were the first of many Protestants who came into New England looking to
Create a holy commonwealth of their own

Question 10

Who was the Anglican Church governed by?

Answer 10

archbishops

Question 11

Who were the separatists?

Answer 11

Although Puritans thought that the Church of England strayed from biblical teachings,
they were willing to remain with it and try to make it better. Other Protestants withdrew completely. These Separatists, as they were known.

Question 12

Where did the separatists live?

Answer 12

In the town of Scooby.

Question 13

But 12 years among the dutch made them homesick for England ways and uncertain of there future so in 1620 the mayflower set sail for _________________________.

Answer 13

England’s colony of Virginia

Question 14

What decision did the passengers of the ship come up with?

Answer 14

They decided to make a government of their own.

Question 15

What was one reason King James disliked Puritans and separatists?

Answer 15

when there subjects spoke up too much

Question 16

How many passengers of the mayflower passengers where pilgrims?

Answer 16

Fewer than half of the mayflower 102 passengers.

Question 17

Where was the next holy common wealth founded?

Answer 17

New England

Question 18

on the voyage over there governor_____________ spoke to them god was making an example of there commonwealth

Answer 18

John Winthrop

Question 19

Like_________________ these puritans were not only determined to succeed but also confident of there place in history.

Answer 19

John Caliven of Geneva

Question 20

Where did the Families of Puritans settle after “the great migration”

Answer 20

“Most who joined the Puritans’ “great migration” traveled as families. They settled in bustling Boston and other villagers around the bay.”

Question 21

How many people that came to Massachusetts could read?

Answer 21

“Perhaps six out of ten men who came to Massachusetts could read”

Question 22

“many girls learned to read at what were called____________”

Answer 22

Dame Schools

Question 23

What did the voting system look like during elections at Massachusetts Bay?

Answer 23

Unlike in the Pilgrim colony at Plymouth, only church members could vote in elections.

Question 24

What would happen to anyone who taught ideas leading to the “destruction of the souls of men”?

Answer 24

“Anyone who taught ideas leading to the “destruction of the souls of men ”was banished from the colony; and if such undesirables returned again to spread false beliefs, their tongues might be bored out with a hot iron or they could be hanged.”

Question 25

A rambunctious fur trader named ___________set up his own outpost, called Merrymount, near Plymouth.

Answer 25

Thomas Morton

Question 26

What was a maypole?

Answer 26

“a creation made from tall pine tree with a pair of deer antlers nailed on top, which was then “reared up” on the highest ground of Merrymount.”

Question 27

What did Thomas Morton trade for the Indian’s fur.

Answer 27

“Morton traded guns to the Indians in return for their furs.”

Question 28

Why did William go back to Massachusetts Bay?

Answer 28

“William went back to Massachusetts bay and tried to discipline Williams for preaching his unusual ideas; he condemned the colony’s ministers.”

Question 29

What happened to Roger Williams after he met the Puritans?

Answer 29

“The puritans then banished Roger Williams before he could banish him.”

Question 30

So many Indians died, Bradford recalled, that “____________________________________”

Answer 30

Not being able to bury one another, their skulls and bones were found in many places lying still above the ground . . . a very sad spectacle to behold”

Question 31

What were the members of the Church of England called?

Answer 31

Anglicans

Question 32

Anglicans mocked the reformers as “__________” and the name stuck.

Answer 32

Puritans

Question 33

What did the Separatists from Scrooby depart England for?

Answer 33

“The Dutch Low countries, where the laws allowed them to worship as they saw fit.”

Question 34

” So in 1620 the Mayflower set sail for the English colony of Virginia where ________________ had given the Pilgrims permission to settle”

Answer 34

King James