The Puritans

The Puritans

Pilgrims Review

Multiple Choice

The Pilgrims came to North America for_______

• Land

• Religious reasons

• Wealth

• Adventure

Multiple Choice

The pilgrims traveled on a boat called the __________

• Nina

• Pinta

• SantaMaria

• Mayflower

Multiple Choice

The Mayflower____________

• went back to England

• stayed with all the pilgrims in case they needed supplies.

Multiple Choice

Compared to the early colonists at Jamestown, the pilgrims came

• prepared- supplies and skilled workers

• unprepared- no supplies or skilled workers

Multiple Choice

The pilgrims landed 200 miles north of the original destination just in time for

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter

• Fall

Multiple Choice

In the 1st 3 months________ of the pilgrims died

• half

• none

• not many

• 8

Multiple Choice

The Wampanoag's helped the pilgrims

• get back home

• grow crops in the sandy soil

• build houses

• hang pictures and stuff

Massachusetts Bay Colony

• The Puritans disagreed with the church of England

• Didn't want to leave. They wanted to live solely by the Church. Pure and free

• Decided to start a colony in North America

• Like the pilgrims they were coming here for religious purposes

• The entire community would be based on their religious beliefs

John Winthrop

• He was a Lawyer

• He was the governor of the new colony

• He said, "We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us"

• This meant they would be setting an example for what a colony should be like

• If they lived by the book ( the bible) then they will be successful.

• So, no monkey business or shenanigans

• Super serious

The colony grows

• Better prepared than the Pilgrims

• many skilled people (hunters, fishermen, farmers, carpenters, bakers, etc.)

• Left England in March. This gives them plenty of time to farm/grow crops

• 1630-Arrived in Salem just north of Plymouth. They later move south to Present day Boston

• Massachusetts Bay Colony- Named after the Massachusetts Indians.

• So successful that many more puritans move from England

10 years later (1640)

• 20,000 puritans live in the northeastern part of the United States.

• This area is known as New England because they were all from England

REVIEW TIME

Multiple Choice

Where did the Puritans first settle?

• Plymouth

• Boston

• England

• Salem

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the second place that the Puritans settled?

• Provincetown

• Boston

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

Multiple Choice

What kind of lives did the Puritans live?

• Strictly by the words of the bible

• The bible was important but not the end-all-be-all

• They never followed the words of the bible

• They had never been exposed to the bible

Multiple Choice

What was not a goal of the Puritans?

• To educate their children
• To practice their religion closely to the bible
• To gain riches
• To be a city on a hill

Multiple Choice

Why did the Puritans leave England?

• They were being persecuted

• Because they wanted to practice their religion their way

• They were exiled by the king

• The people of England thought they were witches

Multiple Choice

Who was the leader of the Puritans?

• James Oglethorpe

• John Smith

• Roger Williams

• John Winthrop

Multiple Choice

The Puritans were very prepared

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The puritans set sail in __________ giving them plenty of time to grow crops

• June

• March

• December

• May

Multiple Choice

The puritans brought many skilled workers

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Puritans were very__________.

• successful

• unsuccessful

• lazy

• unskilled

Multiple Choice

Within 10 years of settling in Boston, ____________people had moved to there from England.

• 1 million

• a few hundred

• 20,000

• No one really knows