Pilgrims and Puritans

Multiple Choice

Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans start colonies in New England?

• They were missionaries who wanted to persuade American Indians to become Christians.

• They wanted to be able to freely practice their religion.

• They wanted to become wealthy and powerful.

• They were explorers who wanted to find a river route through North America to Asia.

Multiple Choice

How did Tisquantum, or Squanto, help the Pilgrims?

• Squanto invited them to celebrate a feast of thanksgiving.

• Squanto taught them skills they needed to survive, and helped them make an agreement with the leader of the Wampanoag people.

• Squanto convinced the Wampanoag people to become Christians.
  

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  Squanto led the Pilgrims from where the Mayflower first had landed to a location that was better for farming.

Multiple Choice

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• It was the debt the Pilgrims owed an English company that funded Plymouth Colony.

• It was an agreement the Pilgrims made to govern themselves with “just and equal laws.”

• It was the contract indentured servants made to serve settlers in Plymouth.

• It was an agreement the Pilgrims made with the leader of the Wampanoag people.

Multiple Choice

What was an achievement of the Puritans in North America?

• They built public schools and libraries in North America.

• They respected beliefs of American Indian groups in New England.

• They established fur trade with the American Indians.

• They built the House of Burgesses and started a tradition of self-government.

Match

Match the following vocabulary terms.

• Pilgrim

• Mayflower Compact

• Indentured Servant

• Puritan

A religious journey

An agreement to govern each other fair

Someone who works without pay

group who left England for free religion

• A religious journey

• An agreement to govern each other fair

• Someone who works without pay

• group who left England for free religion