Puritans

Who was the leader of the Puritans?

• James Oglethorpe
• John Smith
• Roger Williams
• John Winthrop

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

Where did the Puritans land?

• Jamestown
• Massachusetts Bay
• Plymouth, Mass
• New Amesterdam

Why is the Mayflower Compact important?

• The beginning of a theocracy
• The beginning of a direct democracy
• It set up a dictatorship
• The beginning of representative democ

What was the Grat Migration of the 1630's?

• Increase in Puritans to New England
• Increase in slaves to the New World
• Migration of people to Jamestown
• The attempt to colonize Roanoke

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

Were the Puritans tolerable to other beliefs?

• Yes
• No

What was not an internal cause for the fall of the Puritans?

• Halfway Covenant
• Dissenters
• Enlightenment
• Salem Witch Trials

What did the Puritans do to dissenters and heretics? 

• Burned them at the stake
• Killed them
• Froced them to practive the Puritams ways
• Sent them to Rhode Island

How does the Protestant work ethic lead to the downfall of the Puritans?

• It leads to materialism and straying from the bible
• People worked themselves to death
• The Puritans don't turn to slavery/cash crops and have no money
• The Puritans fought with the Natives leading to many wars and casualties