Module 3 - Lesson 2 - Topic 1 and Topic 2 Notes

Name: _________________________ Period: _________________



Module 3 - Lesson 2 - Topic 1 and Topic 2 Notes

Massachusetts and New England -

Student Objective - Students will be able to understand why English
settlers formed the New England colonies and how the colonies’ development
affected everyone in the region.

The Wampanoag Confederacy -

Learn about the Indigenous peoples of the area now called ________________________.

The Wampanoag in the Early 1600s

In __________, about ____________ people made up the Wampanoag
Confederacy, divided among more than _____ villages.

Each village had its own leader, called the __________________. A sachem could
be any gender. When a sachem died, the new one was chosen by the elder women
of the village.

In the early 1600s, the chief sachem was _________________.

English ______________ reached the Massachusetts coast in the late 1500s. Some
of these traders ____________________ Wampanoag individuals and brought
them back to Europe to be__________________.

The Europeans also carried __________________that swept through the
Indigenous population. A terrible epidemic in the 1610s killed thousands of the
Wampanoag.

How did the selection process of a sachem reflect the values and societal structures of the
Wampanoag people?

Wampanoag Society


Wampanoag families lived in houses called ________________ made of wood and
grass. These houses could be disassembled easily, which was important because
Wampanoag villages moved often.


In the winter, they lived in ______________ and ______________ for protection
from the cold. When summer came, they moved to coastal areas where they could
plant corn, beans, and squash.


Like many nations who lived in what is now the eastern United States, the
Wampanoag were known for their work with ______________.

Describe the seasonal lifestyle of the Wampanoag people as mentioned in the text. How did

their environment influence their subsistence practices?

The Founding of Plymouth

Pilgrims and Puritans

Among the groups who opposed the new church were the ____________ and the
_________________. Both groups were Protestants who disagreed with
___________________________ teachings, but they differed in their reactions.

● The Pilgrims wanted to___________ with the existing church and form their

own.

● The Puritans wanted to __________ in the church and reform it from within.

Because they were _______________ for their beliefs, the Pilgrims and the
Puritans decided to leave England.

Pilgrims were the first to leave. In the early 1600s, they moved to the Netherlands,
where all religions were allowed. However, few were able to find
___________________, and many found themselves in ______________.

They asked the _________________________ for permission to settle in their
colony. They hoped to find a new home where they could worship as they wished
and make a living from farming and the fur trade.

Discuss the reasons why the Pilgrims and Puritans decided to leave England. How did

their motivations differ?

The Plymouth Colony


On _________________________, more than 100 Pilgrims—men, women, and
children—set sail across the Atlantic on a ship called the ___________________.

They sighted land in Wampanoag territory, far north of their original destination in
_________________.

They called the region in which they settled ____________________.

Before leaving their ship, the colonists signed the _______________________.

In this contract, they agreed to have _________________ to protect the general
good. It represents one of the first attempts at _______________________in the
English colonies.

The Pilgrims built their colony at ____________________ in present-day
Massachusetts. Unlike Jamestown, it had many families from the start.

___________________ was very important in the Plymouth colony. Everyone was
required to attend church services, even people who were not Pilgrims. In addition,
the colony’s laws were based on the ___________________.

The Pilgrims landed in __________________, when farming was nearly impossible,
and both hunting and fishing proved difficult. Nearly half ___________ before
spring from sickness and the freezing weather.





What struggles did the Plymouth colony face in its first year?









How was the Plymouth Colony similar to and different from the Jamestown Colony?