5th- Lesson 44 Assessment

The _______________ was a period during which large numbers of families migrated from England to New England for religious reasons rather than economic reasons.

The ____________ were residents of England who wanted to free themselves from the Church of England.

William Bradford, the leader of a group of Separatists, approached the Virginia Company for permission to start a settlement in Virginia. He called his group of would-be settlers __________.

The ________________, was a plan of government written by the Pilgrims who sailed aboard the Mayflower. It said that the Pilgrims' government would make "just and equal laws...for the general good of the colony."

The __________, a group of people who wanted to "purify" the Church of England, sailed from England in 1630 in search of religious freedom.

A _______ is a group of people with religious beliefs that differed somewhat from the norm.

___________ are people whose views differ from those of their leaders.

He was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims. His famous first words to the Pilgrims were, "Welcome, welcome Englishmen."

• Samoset

• Squanto

• John Winthrop

__________ was a member of the Patuxet tribe in the Massachusetts-Rhode Island area. As the newly established Plymouth Colony began to fail, he became an essential part of the community by showing the settlers how to survive.

• Samoset

• Squanto

• John Winthrop

__________ was persecuted as a young Puritan. He wanted the Puritans to start their own colony in New England.

• Samoset

• Squanto

• John Winthrop