M3,L2 The New England Colonies

A legal contract male passengers on the Mayflower signed agreeing to have fair laws to protect the general good.

(vocabulary word)

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

A Separatist group that cut all ties with the Church of England and left England to escape persecution.

(vocabulary word)

• immigranst

• settlers

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

A Protestant group that wanted to reform, or purify, the Church of England.

• immigrants

• settlers

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

A Patuxet Indian who had lived in Europe and spoke English.

(vocabulary word)

• Tisquantum (Squanto)

• Pontiac

• Pocahontas

• John Smith

Leader of Puritans who left England for Massachusetts seeking religious freedom.

(vocabulary word)

• Anne Hutchinson

• Nathanial Bacon

• John Winthrop

• John Smith

People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.

(vocabulary word)

• immigrants

• settlers

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

Puritan woman who disagreed on religious ideas, was tried, and forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

(vocabulary word)

• Martha Washington

• Dolly Madison

• Anne Hutchinson

• Sarah Bagley

Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans leave Europe for the Americas?

(pg 75)

• to look for gold and become rich

• to avoid religious persecution

• to find jobs in North American cities

• to escape debts and make a new start

Economic, political, and religious problems in England led to the _______________, where many thousands of English men, women, and children left the country.

(pg 78, 2nd paragraph)

• Great Migration

• Mayflower Compact

• Toleration Act of 1649

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

Why did Thomas Hooker and his followers leave Massachusetts to found Connecticut?

(pg 79, 6th paragraph)

• to form a colony that separated church and state

• to create a colony with a more democratic government

• to start a colony that allowed women to be religious leaders

• to form a colony that encouraged the use of witchcraft trials