PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND PGS. 138-145

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For 102 English passengers packed into the __________, there was good news and bad news. After two storymy months at sea, they were nearing land. Unfortunately, that land was not in the northern part of Virginia, which had been their goal.

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Mayflower

Front

In fact, the Mayflower passengers already had a name for the land that lay before them: __________ ___________.

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Cape Cod

Front

The Mayflower settlers wanted freedom to practice their __________. They belonged to a group known as __________.

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religion, Separatists

Front

A __________ is a person who goes on a religious journey.

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Pilgrim

Front

So before they even left the Mayflower, the male Pilgrims wrote a compact, or agreement, about how they would govern themselves. It was known as the __________ __________. In it, the group promised to work together to make "just and equal laws."

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Mayflower Compact

Front

After making landfall at Cape Cod, the Mayflower continued west. The Pilgrims settled at a place called __________. This land was once home to the Wampanoag people.

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Plymouth

Front

That first winter at Plymouth was dreadful. The pilgrims suffered from hunger, cold, and disease. Half of them died. True or False?

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True

Front

With American Indian help, the Pilgrims enjoyed a good harvest in 1621. So, in the fall, the Pilgrims held a feast of __________.

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Thanksgiving

Front

An __________ __________ is someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time.

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indentured servant

Front

In many ways, the Massachusetts Bay colony was like Plymouth. Its founders left England so that they could practice their religion freely. They were known as Puritans.

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True